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FOUK GOSPELS COMBINED; 

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THE LIFE 

OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR 

JESUS CHEIST. 

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THE LIFE 

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JESUS CHRIST, 

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The design of this Publication is to present one con- 
tinuous Narrative of the Life of Christ, without devi- 
ating from the words of Scripture. It is no insignificant 
proof of the Divine Inspiration cf the writings of the 
four Evangelists, that they can be thus combined into 
one History, without contradiction or variance ; the 
differences between them having arisen from the cir- 
cumstance of one Writer being replete where another 
is concise, or communicative when the others are silent. 
Xo one Book, though much more copious than the four 
Books together, could possibly have afforded such con- 
vincing evidence of authenticity : and it is remarkable, 
that while one Evangelist relates events not recorded 
by the others, and which seem to have peculiarly im- 
pressed his own mind ; they all dwell, with more or 
less fulness, on those momentous realities in the life 
and death of our Saviour which constitute the essence 
of Christianity. 

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PREFACE. 



Although thousands, and hundreds of thousands, 
peruse almost daily a portion of the Gospels, and thus 
repeatedly read through the whole of them in their 
lifetime, and become so familiarly acquainted with their 
contents that every line is recognized, if not accurately 
retained in the memory ; — yet, comparatively few read- 
ers of the Bible can recollect the chronological order 
of the touching scenes and impressive facts in the life 
of Jesus Christ, or of the surprising miracles which he 
wrought, or of the beautiful parables and sublime teach- 
ings which he uttered, — with as much precision as they 
remember other biographies, though read comparatively 
seldom, and in which they have little or no personal 
concern. 

This representation may be said to apply to general 
and cursory readers only ; as every Scripture-student 
may be presumed to have so collated the four Gospels, 
as to have arranged and registered events in his own 
mind in as orderly a manner as a combined narrative 
can depict them. But, if every biographical portrait 
owes part of its interest to the arrangement of its fea- 
tures ; — if the history of J esus Christ is infinitely more 
interesting than all other histories ; — and if it is too 
much to expect from the general reader, that he should 
become a biblical student, this compilation may afford 
agreeable facilities to those whom it was especially in- 
tended to benefit. 

The indistinctness which exists in the minds of many 



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readers with regard to the order of the occurrences re- 
lated by the Evangelists, is attributable not only to the 
several impressions made by four separate narratives, 
but also to the division of all of them into short chap- 
ters and abrupt verses, which greatly facilitates quota- 
tion and reference, but is very unfavourable to clear 
perception and comprehensive recollection. Few other 
books would bear to be so amputated and disjointed, 
without losing a great deal of their interest. 

The Compiler acknowledges that he approached his 
task with a sacred, or perhaps a superstitious, awe, 
which would have deterred him from completing it, if 
he had not reflected that he was only doing actually 
that which every careful student of God's word is in 
the habit of doing mentally : and which almost every 
reader of the Bible does occasionally and imperfectly ; 
and often wishes to do more thoroughly, when looking 
at the beautiful delineations of one Evangelist, and re- 
collecting some exquisite touches elsewhere which must 
be introduced to make the picture perfect. The con- 
sideration, too, of the diligent labour and deep research 
of many learned and pious men in the arrangement of 
parallel passages, and in the elucidation of one passage 
by another, gave encouragement to proceed ; and the 
beautiful harmony which developed itself at every step 
would not permit the work to remain unfinished. 

It may be hastily supposed, that, in combining the 
four books, it would be requisite to introduce connect- 



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ing words, or sentences, so frequently, as to affect the 
identity of the original narratives. If so, the Compi- 
ler's reverence for the very words of Scripture would 
have prevented him from placing in the hands of others 
that which has afforded himself a more perspicuous 
view of the Saviour's history than he before possessed. 
But it is so entirely otherwise, that, although the chain 
of the separate narratives has been broken and linked 
together again in more than eighteen hundred places, 
the only additions necessary to maintain the connexion 
are the following ; which are particularized, lest it 
should be suspected that the Compiler's and the Read- 
er's estimate of the importance of innovations may differ. 

The words or, in, it, her, him, and them, have been 
introduced once only ; the word the has been inserted 
twice ; — the word they, four times ; — the word he, six 
times ; — and the word and, twenty-three times. 

In the exposition of the Parable of the Sower, the 
singular number is used by Matthew, and the plural 
by Mark and Luke : in combining them it was neces- 
sary to assimilate them in this respect. 

Matthew mentions two men possessed with devils, 
coming out of the tombs ; Mark and Luke confine 
their narratives to one man only : — continuity has been 
preserved by introducing the words one of them. 

By interrupting the words of one Evangelist, and 
admitting those of another, a pronoun has, in a few 
instances, been removed so far from its antecedent as 



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to produce obscurity. This has occurred seven times ; 
and has been obviated by repeating the antecedent 
noun (in a parenthesis) after the pronoun. 

These interpolations, and they are the only ones, are 
printed in Italics, that they may be immediately 
distinguished. 

It is not improbable or unreasonable, that the inquiry 
will be made, What omissions are there ? The reply 
that can be given is the only one that would be satis- 
factory to the Compiler : — not a single word in either 
Gospel has been intentionally or knowingly omitted, 
unless the same, or a synonymous, or a more compre- 
hensive word has been found in another Gospel and 
adopted. The exclusion of all the repetitions reduces 
the combined length of the four Gospels by about one 
eighth only. 

The words omitted in the Book of John, and which 
are comprised in the other Gospels, are equal to only 
fourteen verses, or a sixty-third part of the whole 
Book. 

The authorized version has been invariably followed ; 
and the marginal references show from which Book 
every word has been selected. 

In the chronological arrangement of events, the 
Compiler has been guided by the able and well-known 
Critics who have devoted especial attention to this 
subject, — Newcome, Greswell, Townsend, Townson, 
Doddridge, and others. He would, however, readily 



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adopt any well-considered suggestions (which may be 
addressed to the Publishers,) by way of correction or 
improvement ; — for, the selfish consciousness of unas- 
sisted diligence, in such an undertaking, would be 
dearly purchased by the loss of those contributions 
which superior knowledge and better judgment may 
confer. 

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Section I. 

EAGE. 

The birth, early life, and baptism of Jesus . . 1 — 24 

Section II. 

From Satan's temptation of Jesus in the 
wilderness of Judaea, — to Matthew's 
feast, in Galilee 25 — 64 

Section III. 

From the Miracle at the Pool of Bethesda, 
in Jerusalem, — to the Parables addressed 
by Jesus to the multitude, in Galilee . . 65 — 109 

Section IV. 

From the calming of the Tempest, on the 
Sea of Galilee, — to the Transfiguration 
of Jesus 110—152 



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CONTEXTS. 



Section V. 

PAGE. 

From the cure of the lunatic child, — to the 
healing, at the Pool of Siloam, of the 
man born blind 153 — 179 

Section VI. 

From the return of the seventy disciples, — to 
the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jeru- 
salem 180—229 

Section VII. 

From the casting out of the Traders in the 
Temple, — to the bargain of Judas with 
the Chief Priests for the betrayal of 
Jesus 230—265 

Section VIII. 

The Passover — The Lord's Supper — The 

agony of Jesus in the Garden 266 — 288 

Section IX. 

The betrayal, apprehension, accusation, con- 
demnation, crucifixion, and burial of 

Jesus 289—314 

Section X. 

The resurrection, reappearances, and ascen- 
sion of Jesus 315 — 331 



THE 

FOUR GOSPELS COMBINED, 



SECTION I. 
The Birth, Early Life, and Baptism of Jesus. 

the beginning was the Word, and ^ohni. l —is. 
the Word was with God, and the Word 
was God. The same was in the begin- 
ning with God. All things were made 
by him ; and without him was not any- 
thing made that was made. In him was 
life ; and the life was the light of men. 
And the light shineth in darkness ; and 
the darkness comprehended it not. 

There was a man sent from God, 
whose name was John. The same came 
for a witness, to bear witness of the 
Light, that all men through him might 
believe. He was not that Light, but 
was sent to bear witness of that Light. 

B 



2 John's testimony concerning jesus. 



That was the true Light, which lighteth 
every man that cometh into the world. 
He was in the world, and the world was 
made by him, and the world knew him 
not. He came unto his own, and his 
own received him not : but as many as 
received him, to them gave he power to 
become the sons of God, even to them 
which believe on his name ; which were 
born, not of blood, nor of the will of the 
flesh, nor of the will of man, but of 
God. And the Word was made flesh, 
and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his 
glory, the glory as of the only begotten 
of the Father,) full of grace and truth. 

John bare witness of him, and cried, 
saying, This was he of whom I spake, 
He that cometh after me is preferred 
before me ; for he was before me. And 
of his fulness have all we received, and 
grace for grace. For the Law was given 
by Moses, but grace and truth came by 
Jesus Christ. No man hath seen God 
at any time ; the only begotten Son, 
which is in the bosom of the Father, he 
hath declared him. 

2 Forasmuch as many have taken in, 
hand to set forth in order a declaration, 
of those things which are most surely 
believed among us, even as they de- 
livered them unto us, which from the 



AN ANGEL APPEARS TO Z AC H ARIAS. 



3 



beginning were eye-witnesses, and minis- 
ters of the word ; it seemed good to me 
( Luke J also, having had perfect under- 
standing of all things from the very 
first, to write unto thee in order, most 
excellent Theophilus, that thou mightest 
know the certainty of those things, 
wherein thou hast been instructed. 

There was in the days of Herod, the 
king of Judaea, a certain Priest named 
Zacharias, of the course of Abia ; and 
his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, 
and her name was Elizabeth. And they 
were both righteous before God, walk- 
ing in all the commandments and ordi- 
nances of the Lord blameless. And they 
had no child, because that Elizabeth 
was barren; and they were both now 
well stricken in years. 

And it came to pass that while he 
executed the priest's office before God 
in the order of his course, according to 
the custom of the priest's office, his lot 
was to burn incense when he went into 
the temple of the Lord. And the whole 
multitude of the people were praying 
without at the time of incense. And 
there appeared unto him an angel of the 
Lord standing on the right side of the 
altar of incense. And when Zacharias 
saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell 



ANGEL APPEARS TO ZACHARIAS. 

upon him : but the angel said unto him, 
Fear not, Zacharias ; for thy prayer is 
heard ; and thy wife Elizabeth shall 
bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his 
name John. And thou shalt have joy 
and gladness ; and many shall rejoice at 
his birth. For he shall be great in the 
sight of the Lord, and shall drink 
neither wine nor strong drink ; and he 
shall be filled with the Holv Ghost, even 
from his mothers womb. And many of 
the children of Israel shall he turn unto 
the Lord their God. And he shall go 
before him in the spirit and power of 
Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers 
to the children, and the disobedient to 
the wisdom of the just; to make ready 
a people prepared for the Lord. And 
Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby 
shall I know this ? for I am an old 
man, and my wife well stricken in years. 
And the angel answering said unto him, 
I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence 
of God ; and am sent to speak unto 
thee, and to show thee these glad tidings. 
And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and 
not able to speak, until the day that 
these things shall be performed, because 
thou believest not my words, which 
shall be fulfilled in their season. 

And the people waited for Zacharias, 



AN ANGEL ANNOUNCES THE BIRTH OF JESUS. < r > 



and marvelled that lie tarried so long in 
the temple. And when he came out, he 
could not speak unto them ; and they 
perceived that he had seen a vision in 
the temple : for he beckoned unto them, 
and remained speechless. 

And it came to pass, that, as soon as 
the days of his ministration were accom- 
plished, he departed to his own house. 
And after those days his wife Elizabeth 
conceived, and hid herself five months, 
saying, Thus hath the Lord dealt with 
me in the days wherein he looked on 
me, to take away my reproach among 
men. 

And in the sixth month the angel 
Gabriel was sent from God unto a city 
of Galilee, named Nazareth, to a virgin 
espoused to a man whose name was 
Joseph, of the house of David ; and the 
virgin's name was Mary. And the angel 
came in unto her, and said, Hail ! thou 
that art highly favoured, the Lord is 
with thee ; blessed art thou among 
women ! And when she saw him, she was 
troubled at his saying, and cast in her 
mind what manner of salutation this 
should be. And. the angel said unto 
her, Fear not, Mary : for thou hast 
found favour with God. And, behold, 
thou shalt conceive in thy womb 5 and 



6 AN ANGEL ANNOUNCES THE BIRTH OF JESUS. 

bring forth a son, and shalt call his 
name JESUS. He shall be great, and 
shall be called the Son of the Highest : 
and the Lord God shall give unto him 
the throne of his father David : and he 
shall reign over the house of Jacob for 
ever; and of his kingdom there shall be 
no end. Then said Mary unto the 
angel, How shall this be, seeing I know 
not a man ? And the angel answered, 
and said unto her, The Holy Ghost 
shall come upon thee, and the power of 
the Highest shall overshadow thee : 
therefore also that holy thing which 
shall be bom of thee shall be called the 
Son of God. And, behold, thy cousin 
Elizabeth, she hath also conceived a son 
in her old age ; and this is the sixth 
month with her wdio was called barren. 
Eor with God nothing shall be impos- 
sible. And Mary said, Behold the hand- 
maid of the Lord ; be it unto me ac- 
cording to thy word. And the angel 
departed from her. 
3 Matt.U8-25. 3 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was 
on this wise. When as his mother 
Mary was espoused to Joseph, before 
they came together she was found with 
child of the Holy Ghost, Then Joseph 
her husband, being a just man, and not 
willing to make her a public example, 



MARYS INTERVIEW WITH ELIZABETH. 



was minded to put her away privily. 
But while he thought on these things, 
behold, the angel of the Lord appeared 
unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, 
thou son of David, fear not to take unto 
thee Mary thy wife : for that which is 
conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. 
And she shall bring forth a son, and 
thou shalt call his name JESUS : for 
he shall save his people from their sins. 
Now all this was done, that it might be 
fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord 
by the prophet, saying, Behold a virgin 
shall be with child, and shall bring forth 
a son, and they shall call his name 
Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, 
God with us. Then Joseph being raised 
from sleep did as the angel of the Lord 
had bidden him, and took unto him his 
wife: and knew her not till she had 
brought forth her first-born son. 

4 And Mary arose in those days, and ^Lukei 39-79. 
went into the hill country with haste, 
into a city of Juda ; and entered into 
the house of Zacharias, and saluted 
Elizabeth. And it came to pass, that, 
when Elizabeth heard the salutation of 
Mary, the babe leaped in her womb ; 
and Elizabeth was filled with the Holv 
Ghost : and she spake out with a loud 
voice, and said, Blessed art thou among 



8 MARYS INTERVIEW WITH ELIZABETH. 

women, and blessed is the fruit of thy 
womb. And whence is this to me, that 
the mother of my Lord should come to 
me ? For, lo, as soon as the voice of 
thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the 
babe leaped in my womb for joy. And 
blessed is she that believed : for there 
shall be a performance of those things 
which were told her from the Lord. 
And Mary said, My soul cloth magnify 
the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in 
God my Saviour. For he hath regarded 
the low estate of his hand-maiden : for, 
behold, from henceforth all generations 
shall call me blessed. For he that is 
mighty hath done to me great things; 
and holy is his name. And his mercy 
is on them that fear him from genera- 
tion to generation. He hath showed 
strength with his arm ; he hath scattered 
the proud in the imagination of their 
hearts. He hath put down the mighty 
from their seats, and exalted them of 
low degree. He hath filled the hungry 
with good things ; and the rich he hath 
sent empty away. He hath holpen his 
servant Israel, in remembrance of his 
mercy, as he spake to our fathers, to 
Abraham, and to his seed for ever. 

And Mary abode with her about three 
months, and returned to her own house. 



BIRTH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST. 



9 



Now Elizabeth's full time came that 
she should be delivered ; and she 
brought forth a son. And her neigh- 
bours and her cousins heard how the 
Lord had showed great mercy upon her; 
and they rejoiced with her. 

And it came to pass, that on the 
eighth day they came to circumcise the 
child ; and they called him Zacharias, 
after the name of his father. And his 
mother answered and said, Not so ; but 
he shall be called John And they said 
unto her, There is none of thy kindred 
that is called by this name. And they 
made signs to his father, how he would 
have him called. And he asked for a 
writing table, and wrote, saying, His 
name is John. And they marvelled all. 
And his mouth was opened immediately, 
and his tongue loosed, and he spake, 
and praised God. And fear came on all 
that dwelt round about them; and all 
these sayings were noised abroad 
throughout all the hill country of 
Judeea. And all they that heard them 
laid them up in their hearts, saying, 
What manner of child shall this be ! 
And the hand of the Lord was with 
him. 

And his father Zacharias was filled 
with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, 

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10 



PROPHECY OF ZACHARIAS. 



saying, Blessed be the Lord God of 
Israel ; for he hath visited and redeemed 
his people, and hath raised up an horn 
of salvation for us in the house of his 
servant David; as he spake by the 
mouth of his holy prophets, which have 
been since the world began : That we 
should be saved from our enemies, and 
from the hand of all that hate us ; to 
perform the mercy promised to our 
fathers, and to remember his holy cove- 
nant ; the oath which he sware to our 
father Abraham, that he would grant 
unto us, that we, being delivered out of 
the hand of our enemies, might serve 
him without fear, in holiness and 
righteousness before him, all the days of 
our life. And thou, child, shalt be 
called the prophet of the Highest : for 
thou shalt go before the face of the Lord 
to prepare his ways ; to give knowledge 
of salvation unto his people by the re- 
mission of their sins, through the tender 
mercy of our God ; whereby the day- 
spring from on high hath visited us, to 
give light to them that sit in darkness 
and in the shadow of death, to guide 
our feet into the way of peace. 
5 Lnkeii. 1-39. 5 And it came to pass in those days, 
that there went out a decree from Caesar 
Augustus, that all the world should be 



BIRTH OF JESUS. — AN ANGEL APPEARS. 11 

taxed. (And this taxing was first made 
when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) 
And all went to be taxed, every one into 
his own city. And Joseph also went 
up from Galilee, out of the city of 
Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of 
David, which is called Bethlehem; 
(because he was of the house and lineage 
of David:) to be taxed, with Mary his 
espoused wife, being great with child. 
And so it was, that, while they were 
there, the days were accomplished that 
she should be delivered. And she 
brought forth her first-born son, and 
wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and 
laid him in a manger ; because there 
was no room for them in the inn. 

And there were in the same country 
shepherds abiding in the field, keeping 
watch over their flock by night. And, 
lo, the angel of the Lord came upon 
them, and the glory of the Lord shone 
round about them : and they were sore 
afraid. And the angel said unto them, 
Fear not : for behold I bring you good 
tidings of great joy, which shall be to all 
people. For unto you is born this day 
in the city of David a Saviour, which is 
Christ the Lord. And this shall be a 
sign unto you ; ye shall find the babe 
wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a 



12 THE SHEPHERDS GO TO BETHLEHEM. 



manger. And suddenly there was with 
the angel a multitude of the heavenly 
host praising God, and saying, Glory to 
God in the highest, and on earth peace, 
good will toward men. And it came to 
pass, as the angels were gone away from 
them into heaven, the shepherds said 
one to another, Let us now go even unto 
Bethlehem, and see this thing which is 
come to pass, which the Lord hath made 
known unto us. And they came with 
haste, and found Mary and Joseph, and 
the babe lying in a manger. And when 
they had seen it, they made known 
abroad the saying which was told them 
concerning this child. And all they that 
heard it wondered at those things which 
were told them by the shepherds. But 
Mary kept all these things, and pondered 
them in her heart. And the shepherds 
returned, glorifying and praising God for 
all the things that they had heard and 
seen, as it was told unto them. 

And when eight days were accom- 
plished for the circumcising of the 
child, his name was called JESUS,*- 

* The genealogy of Jesus Christ is thus recorded 
by Matthew, who traces it on the side of Joseph. 
j 6 The Book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the 

' son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham 
begat Isaac ; and Isaac begat Jacob ; and Jacob 
begat Judas and his brethren ; and Judas begat 



GENEALOGY OF JESUS. 



L3 



which was so named of the angel before 
he was conceived in the womb. 

Phares and Zara, of Thamar ; and Phares begat 
Esrom ; and Esrom begat Aram ; and Aram be- 
gat Aminadab ; and Aminadab begat Naasson ; 
and Xaasson begat Salmon ; and Salmon begat 
Booz, of Pachab; andBooz begat Obed, of Ruth ; 
and Obed begat Jesse; and Jesse begat David 
the king ; — and David the king begat Solomon, 
of her that had been the wife of Urias ; and Solo- 
mon begat Poboam ; and Poboam begat Abia ; 
and Abia begat Asa ; and Asa begat Josaphat ; 
and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat 
Ozias ; and Ozias begat Joatham ; and Joatham 
begat Achaz ; and Achaz begat Ezekias ; and 
Ezekias begat Manasses ; and Manasses begat 
Amon ; and Amon begat Josias ; and Josias 
begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the 
time they were carried away to Babylon ; — and 
after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias 
begat Salathiel ; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel ; 
and Zorobabel begat Abiud ; and Abiud begat 
Eliakim ; and Eliakim begat Azor ; and Azor 
begat Sadoc ; and Sadoc begat Achim , and 
Achim begat Eliud ; and Eliud begat Eleazar ; 
and Eleazar begat Matthan ; and Matthan begat 
Jacob ; and Jacob begat Joseph the husband of 
Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called 
Christ. So all the generations from Abraham to 
David are fourteen generations ; and from David 
until the carrying away into Babylon are four- 
teen generations ; and from the carrying away 
into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen genera- 
tions. 

The genealogy of Jesus Christ is thus traced by 
Luke, on the side of Mary : — Heli being the father 
of Maryland father-in-law of Joseph. — "Being (as "Lukeiii. 23-38 
was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the 
son of Heli, which was the son of Matthat, which 



GENEALOGY OF JESUS. 



And when the days of her purification 
according to the law of Moses were 

was the son of Levi, which was the son of Mel- 
chi, which was the son of Janna, which was the 
son of Joseph, which was the son of Mattathias, 
which was the son of Amos, which was the son 
of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which was 
the son of Nagge, which was the son of Maath, 
which was the son of Mattathias, which was the 
son of Semei, which was the son of Joseph, which 
was the son of Juda, which was the son of Joan- 
na, which was the son of Rhesa, which was the 
son of Zorobabel, which was the son of Salathiel, 
which was the son of Neri, which was the son 
of Melchi, which was the son of Addi, which 
was the son of Cosam, which was the son of El- 
mo dam, which was the son of Er, which was the 
son of Jose, which was the son of Eliezer, which 
was the son of Jorim, which was the son of Mat- 
that, which was the son of Levi, which was the 
son of Simeon, which was the son of Juda, which 
was the son of Joseph, which was the son of 
Jonan, which was the son of Eliakim, which was 
the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, 
which was the son of Mattatha, which was the 
son of Nathan, which was the son of David, 
which was the son of Jesse, which was the son 
of Obed, which was the son of Booz, which was 
the son of Salmon, which was the son of Naas- 
son, which was the son of Aminadab, which was 
the son of Aram, which was the son of Esrom, 
which was the son of Phares, which was the son 
of Juda, which was the son of Jacob, which was 
the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, 
which was the son of Thara, which was the son of 
Nachor, which was the son of Saruch, which was 
the son of Hagau, which was the son of Phalec, 
which was the son of Heber, which was the son 
of Sala, which was the son of Canaan, which 



PROPHECY OF SIMEON CONCERNING JESUS. 15 



accomplished, they brought him to 
Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord ; 
(as it is written in the law of the Lord, 
Every male that openeth the womb shall 
he called holy to the Lord :) and to 
offer a sacrifice according to that which 
is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of 
turtledoves, or two young pigeons. And, 
behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, 
whose name was Simeon ; and the same 
man was just and devout, waiting for 
the consolation of Israel : and the Holy 
Ghost was upon him. And it was 
revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, 
that he should not see death, before he 
had seen the Lord's Christ. And he 
came by the Spirit into the temple : and 
when the parents brought in the child 
Jesus, to do for him after the custom of 
the law, then took he him up in his 
arms, and blessed God, and said, Lord, 
now lettest thou thy servant depart in 
peace, according to thy word : for mine 
eyes have seen thy salvation, which thou 

was the son of Arpliaxad, which was the son of 
Sem, which was the son of Xoe, which was the 
son of Lamech, which was the son of Mathusala, 
which was the son of Enoch, which was the son 
of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which 
was the son of Canaan, which was the son of 
Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the 
son of Adam, which was the son of God. 



16 PROPHECIES OF SIMEON AND ANNA. 



hast prepared before the face of all peo- 
ple ; a light to lighten the Gentiles, and 
the glory of thy people Israel. 

And Joseph and his mother marvelled 
at those things which were spoken of 
him. And Simeon blessed them, and 
said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this 
child is set for the fall and rising again 
of many in Israel ; and for a sign which 
shall be spoken against; (yea, a sword 
shall pierce through thy own soul also,) 
that the thoughts of many hearts may 
be revealed. 

And there was one Anna, a prophet- 
ess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the 
tribe of Aser : she was of a great age, 
and had lived with an husband seven 
years from her virginity ; and she w r as 
a widow of about fourscore and four 
years, which departed not from the 
temple, but served God with fastings 
and prayers night and day. And she, 
coming in that instant, gave thanks like- 
wise unto the Lord, and spake of him 
to all them that looked for redemption 
in Jerusalem. 

And w^hen they had performed all 
things according to the law of the Lord, 
they returned into Galilee, to their own 
city Nazareth. 
8 Matt.iU— 23 8 Now when Jesus was born in Beth- 



THE WISE MEN COME TO WORSHIP JESUS. 



Icheui of Jiuhea in the clays of Herod 
the king, behold, there came wise men 
from the east to Jerusalem, saying, 
Where is he that is born King of the 
Jews ? for we have seen his star in the 
east, and are come to worship him. 
When Herod the king had heard these 
things, he was troubled, and all Jeru- 
salem with him. And when he had 
gathered all the chief priests and scribes 
of the people together, he demanded of 
them where Christ should be born. And 
they said unto him. In Bethlehem of 
Judaea : for thus it is written by the 
prophet, And thou, Bethlehem, in the 
land of Juda, art not the least among 
the princes of Juda : for out of thee 
shall come a Governor, that shall rule 
my people Israel. Then Herod, when 
he had privily called the wise men, in- 
quired of them diligently what time the 
star appeared. And he sent them to 
Bethlehem, and said, Go and search 
diligently for the young child ; and 
when ye have found him, bring me word 
again, that I may come and worship 
him also. When they had heard the 
king, they departed ; and, lo, the star, 
which they saw in the east, went before 
them, till it came and stood over where 
the young child was. When they saw 



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JESUS CARRIED INTO EGYPT. 



the star, they rejoiced with exceeding- 
great joy. And when they were come 
into the house, they saw the young child 
with Mary his mother, and fell down, 
and worshipped him : and when they 
had opened their treasures, they pre- 
sented unto him gifts ; gold, and frank- 
incense, and myrrh. And being warned 
of God in a dream that they should not 
return to Herod, they departed into 
their own country another way. 

And when they were departed, behold, 
the angel of the Lord appeareth to 
Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and 
take the young child and his mother, 
and flee into Egypt, and be thou there 
until I bring thee word : for Herod will 
seek the young child to destroy him. 
When he arose, he took the young child 
and his mother by night, and departed 
into Egypt : and was there until the 
death of Herod : that it might be ful- 
filled which was spoken of the Lord by 
the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have 
I called my son. 

Then Herod, when he saw that he 
was mocked of the wise men, was ex- 
ceeding wroth, and sent forth and slew 
all the children that were in Bethlehem, 
and in all the coasts thereof, from two 
years old and under, according to the 



JESUS BROUGHT TO NAZARETH, 



19 



time which he had diligently inquired 
of the wise men. Then was fulfilled 
that which was spoken by Jeremy the 
prophet, saying, In Eama was there a 
voice heard, lamentation and weeping, 
and great mourning, Kachel weeping for 
her children, and would not be com- 
forted, because they are not. 

But when Herod was dead, behold, 
an angel of the Lord appeareth in a 
dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, 
Arise, and take the young child and his 
mother, and go into the land of Israel : 
for they are dead which sought the 
young child's life. And he arose, and 
took the young child and his mother, 
and came into the land of Israel. But 
when he heard that Archelaus did reign 
in Judaea in the room of his father 
Herod, he was afraid to go thither : not- 
withstanding, being warned of God in 
a dream, he turned aside into the parts 
of Galilee : and he came and dwelt in a 
city called Nazareth : that it might be 
fulfilled which was spoken by the Pro- 
phets, He shall be called a Xazarene. 
9 And the child grew, and waxed strong 9 Lukeii. 40-52 
in spirit, filled with wisdom : and the 
grace of God w r as upon him. 

Now his parents went to Jerusalem 
every year at the feast of the Passover. 



JESUS IN THE TEMPLE WITH THE DOCTORS. 

And when lie was twelve years old, they 
went up to Jerusalem after the custom 
of the feast. And when they had ful- 
filled the days, as they returned, the 
child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; 
and Joseph and his mother knew not of 
it. But they, supposing him to have 
been in the company, went a day's jour- 
ney; and they sought him among their 
kinsfolk and acquaintance. And when 
they found him not, they turned back 
again to Jerusalem, seeking him. And 
it came to pass, that after three days 
they found him in the temple, sitting in 
the midst of the doctors, both hearing 
them, and asking them questions. And 
all that heard him were astonished at 
his understanding and answers. And 
when they saw him, they were amazed : 
and his mother said unto him, Son > 
why hast thou thus dealt with us? be- 
hold, thy father and* I have sought thee 
sorrowing. And he said unto them, 
" How is it that ye sought me ? wist ye 
"not that I must be about my Father's 
" business ?'** And they understood 
not the saying which he spake unto 
them. And he went down with them, 
and came to Nazareth, and was subject 

* Marks of quotation are affixed only to thfi 
words spoken by Jesus, 



MINISTRY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST. 



'21 



unto them : but his mother kept all 
these sayings in her heart. And Jesus 
increased in wisdom and stature, and in 
favour with God and man. 

10 And the child f Jolin j grew, and wLuke i. so. 
waxed strong in spirit, and was in the 
deserts till the day of his showing unto 
Israel. "Now in the fifteenth year of u LukeiIi.l-3. 
the reign of Tiberias Caesar, (Pontius 
Pilate being governor of Judaea, and 
Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his 
brother Philip tetrarch of Itursea and of 
the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias 
the tetrarch of Abilene, Annas and 
Caiaphas being the high priests,) the 
word of God came unto John 12 the Bap- r^iatt, iii. l. 
tist, n the son of Zacharias, in the wil- 
derness 12 of Judaea. 

n And he came into all the country 
about Jordan, and 13 did baptize in the ^Mark i. 4. 
wilderness, and preach the baptism of 
repentance for the remission of sins, 
u saying, Repent ye ; for the kingdom 14 ^Iau. iii. 2. 
of heaven is at hand. 15 The beginning ls^Xark i. l, 2. 
of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son 
of God ; as it is written in the Prophets, 
Behold, I send my messenger before thy 
face, which shall prepare thy way before 
thee. ld For this is he that was spoken 16 Matt. iii. 3. 
of 17 in the book of the words of Esaias i:Lukeiii.4=6, 
the prophet, saying, The voice of one 



22 



MINISTRY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST. 



crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the 
way of the Lord, make his paths straight. 
Every valley shall be filled, and every 
mountain and hill shall be brought low; 
and the crooked shall be made straight, 
and the rough ways shall be made 
smooth ; and all flesh shall see the sal- 
vation of God. 

18 And there w^ent out unto him all the 
land of Judsea, and they of Jerusalem, 
19 and all the region round about Jordan ; 
^and were all baptized of him in the 
river of Jordan, confessing their sins. 
21 And the same John had his raiment 
of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle 
about his loins; and his meat was 
locusts and wild honey. 

<22 But when he saw many of the pha- 
risees and sadducees come to his bap- 
23 Lukeiii.7-l6 tism ; 23 then said he to the multitude 
that came forth to be baptized of him, 
0 generation of vipers, who hath warned 
you to flee from the wrath to come ? 
Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of 
repentance, and begin not to say within 
yourselves, We have Abraham to our 
father : for I say unto you, That God is 
able of these stones to raise up children 
unto Abraham. And now also the axe 
is laid unto the root of the trees : every 
tree therefore which bringeth not forth 



ls Mark i. 5. 

19 Matt. iii. 5. 
~°Mark i. 5. 

21 Matt. iii. 4. 



-Matt. iii. 7. 



MINISTRY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST. 



23 



good fruit is hewn down, and cast into 
the fire. And the people asked him, 
saying, What shall we do then ? He 
answereth and saith unto them, He that 
hath two coats, let him impart to him that 
hath none; and he that hath meat, let 
him do likewise. Then came also pub- 
licans to be baptized, and said unto 
him, Master, what shall we do ? And 
he said unto them, Exact no more than 
that which is appointed you. And the 
soldiers likewise demanded of him, say- 
ing, And what shall we do ? And he 
said unto them, Do violence to no man, 
neither accuse any falsely ; and be con- 
tent with your wages. 

And as the people were in expectation, 
and all men mused in their hearts of 
John, whether he were the Christ, or not ; 
John answered, 24 and preached, 23 saying z±Marki. 7, s. 
unto them all, 24 I indeed have bap- 
tized you with water "^unto repentance : 25Mat.iii.ll,l2 
but he that cometh after me is mightier 
than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to 
bear, and 24 the latchet of whose shoes I 
am not worthy to stoop down and un- 
loose : ^he shall baptize you with the 26Lk.iii.l6-l 8. 
Holy Ghost and with fire : whose fan is 
in his hand, and he will throughly 
purge his floor, and will gather the 
wheat into his garner ; but the chaff he 



24 



BAPTISM OF JESUS. 



will burn 25 up ^with fire unquenchable. 
And many other things in his exhorta- 
tion preached he unto the people. 
2 'Mark 1. 9. 27 And it came to pass in those days, 
28 Luke iii. 21. 28 when all the people were baptized, 
27 that Jesus came from Nazareth of 
29 Mat.iiU3-i6 Galilee, "to Jordan unto John, to be 
baptized of him. But John forbad him, 
saying, I have need to be baptized of 
thee, and comest thou to me ? And 
Jesus answering said unto him, 6C Suffer 
" it to be so now : for thus it becometh 
" us to fulfil all righteousness." Then 
30 Lukeiii. 21. he suffered him. And ^it came to pass 
31 Mat.iii.i6-l7 that 31 Jesus, when he was baptized, went 
up straightway out of the water ; and 
32 Lukeiii. 21. 32 praying, 31 lo, the heavens were opened 
unto him ; and he saw the Spirit of God 
33 Luke iii. 22. descending 33 in a bodily shape 31 like a 
dove, and lighting upon him : and lo, 
34 Mark i. 11. 34 there came a voice from heaven, 35 which 
35 Lk.iii.22,23. said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee 
I am well pleased. 

And Jesus himself began to be about 
thirty years of age. 



SECTION II. 



From Satan's Temptation of Jesus in the Wilder- 
ness of Judcea, — to Matthew s Feast i?i Galilee. 

^hen 2 imraediately 3 Jesus, being full 1Matt - iv - L 

of the Holy Ghost, returned from Jor- 2 Marki. 12. 

dan, and was led *up 3 by the Spirit into 3Luke iv. 1. 

the wilderness, l to be tempted of the 

devil. 4 And he was there in the wilder- 4 ^ark i- 13 - 

ness forty days, tempted of Satan ; and 

was with the wild beasts. 5 And in those 5Luke iv « 2 - 

days he did eat nothing : c and when he 6 Matt. iv. 2. 

had fasted forty days and forty nights, 

5 he afterward hungered. 7 And when the 7 Matt. iv, 3, 4. 

tempter came to him, he said, If thou 

be the Son of God, command that these 

stones be made bread. But 8 Jesus 8 Luke iv. 4. 

7 answered and said, " It is written, Man 

" shall not live by bread alone, but by 

(i every word that proceedeth out of the 

4 'mouth of God." 

5 Again, the devil taketh him up into aMatt. iv. 8. 

E 



26 



JESUS TEMPTED BY SATAN. 



an exceeding high mountain, and show* 
eth him all the kingdoms of the world 
10 Lukeiv. 5-7. 10 in a moment of time. And the devil 
said unto him, All this power will I give 
thee, and the glory of them : for that is 
delivered unto me ; and to whomsoever 
I will I give it. If thou therefore wilt 
n Matt. iv. 9. "fall down and 12 worship me, all shall 
12 Lukeiv.7, 8. he thine. And Jesus answered and said 
unto him, <c Get thee behind me, Satan: 
"for it is written, Thou shalt worship 
" the Lord thy God, and him only shalt 
" thou serve." 
13 Matt. iv. 5. 13 Then the devil taketh him up into 
u Luke iv. 9. the holy city, 14 Jerusalem 3 13 and setteth 
15 Lk.iv. 9-13. him on a pinnacle of the temple, 15 and 
said unto him, If thou be the Son of 
God, cast thyself down from hence : for 
it is written, He shall give his angels 
charge over thee, to keep thee : and in 
their hands they shall bear thee up, lest 
at any time thou dash thy foot against 
a stone. And Jesus answering said unto 
16 Matt. iv. 7. h im > " It is 16 written again, 15 Thou shalt 
" not tempt the Lord thy God." And 
when the devil had ended all the temp- 
tation, he departed from him for a sea- 
17 Matt iv 11 son > 17an ^ behold, angels came and 

ministered unto him. 
18 John i. 19— 18 And this is the record of John, wdien 
iii. 36. t j ie j ews sen t priests and Levites from 



JOHNS TESTIMONY CONCERNING JESUS. 27 



Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou ? 
And he confessed, and denied not ; but 
confessed, I am not the Christ. And 
they asked him, What then ? Art thou 
Elias ? And he saith, I am not. Art 
thou that prophet ? And he answered, 
No. Then said they unto him, Who 
art thou ? that we may give an answer 
to them that sent us. What sayest thou 
of thyself ? He said, I am the voice of 
one crying in the wilderness, Make 
straight the way of the Lord, as said 
the prophet Esaias. And they which 
were sent were of the Pharisees. And 
they asked him, and said unto him, 
Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not 
that Christ, nor Elias, neither that pro- 
phet ? John answered them, saying, I 
baptize with water : but there standeth 
one among you, whom ye know not ; he 
it is, who coming after me is preferred 
before me, whose shoe's latchet I am 
not worthy to unloose. These things 
were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, 
where John was baptizing. 

The next day John seeth Jesus com- 
ing unto him, and saith, Behold the 
Lamb of God which taketh away the sin 
of the world ! This is he of whom I 
said, After me cometh a man which is 
preferred before me : for he was before 



john's testimony concerning jesus. 

me. And I knew him not : but that he 
should be made manifest to Israel, there- 
fore am I come baptizing with water. 
And John bare record, saying, I saw 
the Spirit descending from heaven like 
a dove, and it abode upon him. And I 
knew him not : but he that sent me to 
baptize with water, the same said unto 
me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spi- 
rit descending, and remaining on him, 
the same is he which baptizeth with the 
Holy Ghost. And I saw, and bare 
record that this is the Son of God. 

Again the next day after John stood, 
and two of his disciples; and looking 
upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, 
Behold the Lamb of God ! And the 
two disciples heard him speak, and they 
followed Jesus. Then Jesus turned, and 
saw them following, and saith unto them, 
" What seek ye ?" They said unto him, 
Eabbi (which is to say, being interpreted, 
Master,) where dwellest thou ? He saith 
unto them, " Come and see." They 
came and saw where he dwelt, and abode 
with him that day : for it was about the 
tenth hour. One of the two which 
heard John speak, and followed him, 
was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. 
He first findeth his own brother Simon, 
and saith unto him, We have found the 



JESUS CONVERSES WITH NATHAN AEL. 

Messias, which is, being interpreted, the 
Christ. And he brought him to Jesus. 
And when Jesus beheld him, he said, 
" Thou art Simon, the son of Jona : 
thou shalt be called Cephas," which is 
by interpretation, A stone. 

The day following Jesus would go 
forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, 
and saith unto him, " Follow me." Now 
Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of 
Andrew and Peter. Philip findeth Xa- 
thanael, and saith unto him, We have 
found him, of whom Moses in the Law, 
and the Prophets, did write, Jesus of 
Nazareth, the son of Joseph. And 
Xathanael said unto him, Can there any 
good thing come out of Xazareth ? Phi- 
lip saith unto him, Come and see. J esus 
saw Xathanael coming to him, and saith 
of him, " Behold an Israelite indeed, in 
whom is no guile !" Xathanael saith 
unto him, Whence knowest thou me ? 
Jesus answered and said unto him, 
" Before that Philip called thee, when 
" thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee." 
Xathanael answered and saith unto him, 
Eabbi, thou art the Son of God ; thou 
art the King of Israel. Jesus answered 
and said unto him, ts Because I said 
" unto thee, I saw thee under the fig 
<f tree, believest thou ? thou shalt see 



JESUS WORKS HIS FIRST MIRACLE. 

" greater things than these." And he 
saith unto him, "Verily, verily, I say 
" unto you, Hereafter ye shall see hea- 
"ven open, and the angels of God 
" ascending and descending upon the 
" Son of man." 

And the third day there was a mar- 
riage in Cana of Galilee ; and the 
mother of Jesus was there : and both 
Jesus was called, and his disciples, to 
the marriage. And when they wanted 
wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto 
him, They have no wine. Jesus saith 
unto her, " Woman, what have T to do 
" with thee ? mine hour is not yet come." 
His mother saith unto the servants, 
Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it. 
And there were set there six waterpots 
of stone, after the manner of the purify- 
ing of the Jews, containing two or three 
firkins apiece. Jesus saith unto them, 
"Fill the waterpots with water." And 
they filled them up to the brim. And 
he saith unto them, "Draw out now, 
" and bear unto the governor of the 
" feast." And they bare it. When the 
ruler of the feast had tasted the water 
that was made wine, and knew not 
whence it was ; (but the servants which 
drew the water knew ;) the governor of 
the feast called the bridegroom, and 



JESUS KEEPS THE PASSOVER AT JERUSALEM. 



saitk unto him, Everyman at the begin- 
ning doth set forth good wine ; and 
when men have well drunk, then that 
which is worse : but thou hast kept the 
good wine until now. This beginning 
of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, 
and manifested forth his glory ; and his 
disciples believed on him. 

After this he went down to Caper- 
naum, he, and his mother, and his 
brethren, and his disciples : and they 
continued there not many days. 

And the Jews' passover was at hand, 
and Jesus went up to Jerusalem ; and 
found in the temple those that sold oxen 
and sheep and doves, and the changers 
of money sitting : and when he had 
made a scourge of small cords, he drove 
them all out of the temple, and the 
sheep, and the oxen ; and poured out 
the changers' money, and overthrew the 
tables ; and said unto them that sold 
doves, " Take these things hence; make 
<f not my Father's house an house of 
" merchandise." And his disciples re- 
membered that it was written, The zeal 
of thine house hath eaten me up. 

Then answered the Jews and said unto 
him, What sign showest thou unto us, 
seeing that thou doest these things ? 
Jesus answered and said unto them, 



NICODEMUS VISITS JESUS. 

u Destroy this temple, and in three days 
e( I will raise it up." Then said the 
Jews, Forty and six years was this tem- 
ple in building, and wilt thou rear it up 
in three days ? But he spake of the 
temple of his body. When therefore he 
was risen from the dead, his disciples 
remembered that he had said this unto 
them ; and they believed the Scripture, 
and the word which Jesus had said. 

Now when he was in J erusalem at the 
passover, in the feast day, many believed 
in his name, when they saw the miracles 
which he did. But Jesus did not com- 
mit himself unto them, because he knew 
all men, and needed not that any should 
testify of man : for he knew what was 
in man. 

There was a man of the pharisees, 
named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews : 
the same came to Jesus by night, and 
said unto him, Kabbi, we know that 
thou art a teacher come from God : for 
no man can do these miracles that thou 
doest, except God be with him. Jesus 
answered and said unto him, " Verily, 
if verily, I say unto thee, Except a man 
" be born again, he cannot see the king- 
" dom of God/' Nicodemus saith unto 
him, How can a man be born when he 
is old? can he enter the second time 



JESUS CONVERSES WITH NICODEMUS. 

into his mother's wonib, and be born ? 
Jesus answered, "Verily, verily, I say 
" unto thee, Except a man be born of 
" water, and of the Spirit, he cannot 
" enter into the kingdom of God. That 
" which is born of the flesh is flesh ; and 
" that which is born of the Spirit is 
" spirit. Marvel not that I said unto 
"thee, Ye must be born again. The 
" wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou 
"nearest the sound thereof, but canst 
" not tell whence it cometh, and whither 
"it goeth : so is every one that is born 
" of the Spirit." Nicodemus answered 
and said unto him, How can these things 
be ? J esus answered and said unto him, 
" Art thou a master of Israel, and know- 
" est not these things ? Verily, verily, I 
" say unto thee, We speak that we do 
" know, and testify that we have seen : 
" and ye receive not our witness. If I 
" have told you earthly tilings, and ye 
"believe not, how shall ye believe, if I 
" tell you of heavenly things ? And no 
"man hath ascended up to heaven, but 
" he that came down from heaven, even 
" the Son of man which is in heaven. 
" And as Moses lifted up the serpent in 
" the wilderness, even so must the Son 
" of man be lifted up : that whosoever 
" believeth in him should not perish, 



JESUS CONVERSES WITH NICODEMUS. 



" but have eternal life. For God so 
" loved the world, that he gave his only 
" begotten Son, that whosoever believeth 
"in him should not perish, but have 
" everlasting life. For God sent not 
" his Son into the world to condemn the 
" world; but that the world through 
" him might be saved. He that believeth 
" on him is not condemned : but he that 
"believeth not is condemned already, 
" because he hath not believed in the 
" name of the only begotten Son of God. 
" And this is the condemnation, that 
"light is come into the world, and men 
" loved darkness rather than light, be- 
" cause their deeds were evil. For every 
" one that doeth evil hateth the light, 
"neither cometh to the light, lest his 
" deeds should be reproved. But he 
"that doeth truth cometh to the light, 
" that his deeds may be made manifest, 
" that they are wrought in God." 

After these things came Jesus and his 
disciples into the land of Judsea; and 
there he tarried with them, and baptized. 
And John also was baptizing in iEnon 
near to Salim, because there was much 
water there : and they came, and were 
baptized. (For John was not yet cast 
into prison. ) Then there arose a question 
between some of John's disciples and 



john's testimony concerning jesus. 

the Jews about purifying. And they 
came unto John, and said unto him, 
Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond 
Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, 
behold, the same baptizeth, and all men 
come to him. John answered and said, 
A man can receive nothing, except it be 
given him from heaven. Ye yourselves 
bear me witness, that I said, I am not 
the Christ, but that I am sent before 
him. He that hath the bride is the 
bridegroom : but the friend of the bride- 
groom, which standeth and heareth him, 
rejoiceth greatly because of the bride- 
groom's voice: this my joy therefore is 
fulfilled. He must increase, but I must 
decrease. He that cometh from above 
is above all : he that is of the earth is 
earthly, and speaketh of the earth : he 
that cometh from heaven is above all. 
And what he hath seen and heard, that 
he testifieth ; and no man receiveth his 
testimony. He that hath received his 
testimony hath set to his seal that God 
is true. For he whom God hath sent 
speaketh the words of God : for God 
give th not the Spirit by measure unto 
him. The Father loveth the Son, and 
hath given all things into his hand. 
He that believeth on the Son hath ever- 
lasting life : and he that believeth not 



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JESUS AT JACOB S WELL. 



the Son shall not see life ; but the wrath 
of God abideth on him. 

i9Lk.iii.l9,20 ^But Herod the tetrarch, being re- 
proved by him ( John J for Herodias, his 
brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils 
which Herod had done, added yet this 
above all, that he shut up John in pri- 

20 John iv. 1,2. son. 20 When therefore the Lord knew 
how the pharisees had heard that Jesus 
made and baptized more disciples than 
John, (though Jesus himself baptized 

21 Mat. iv. 12. not, but his disciples ;) and 21 when Jesus 
had heard that John was cast into pri- 

22 Johniv. 3-43 son, ^he left Judsea, and departed again 
into Galilee. And he must needs go 
through Samaria. 

Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, 
which is called Sychar, near to the par- 
cel of ground that J acob gave to his son 
Joseph. Now Jacob's well was there. 
Jesus therefore, being wearied with his 
journey, sat thus on the well: and it 
was about the sixth hour. There cometh 
a woman of Samaria to draw water : 
Jesus saith unto her, " Give me to drink." % 
(For his disciples were gone away unto 
the city to buy meat.) Then saith the 
woman of Samaria unto him, How is it 
that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of 
me, which am a woman of Samaria ? 
for the Jews have no dealings with the 



JESUS AT JACOBS WELL, 



Samaritans. Jesus answered and said 
unto her, "If thou knewest the gift of 
" God, and who it is that saith to thee, 
" Give me to drink; thou wouldest have 
" asked of him, and he would have given 
" thee living water."' The woman saith 
unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw 
with, and the well is deep : from whence 
then hast thou that living water ? Art 
thou greater than our father Jacob, 
which gave us this well, and drank 
thereof himself, and his children, and 
his cattle ? Jesus answered and said 
unto her, " Whosoever drinketh of this 
" water shall thirst again: but whoso - 
" ever drinketh of the water that I shall 
"give him shall never thirst; but the 
" water that I shall give him shall be in 
" him a well of water springing up into 
M everlasting life." The woman saith 
unto him, Sir, give me this water, that 
I thirst not, neither come hither to draw. 
Jesus saith unto her, "Go, call thy hus- 
"bancl, and come hither." The woman 
answered and said, I have no husband. 
Jesus said unto her, " Thou hast well 
H said, I have no husband : for thou 
fe hast had five husbands ; and he whom 
" thou now hast is not thy husband : in 
" that saidst thou truly." The woman 
saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou 



JESUS AT JACOB S WELL. 

art a prophet. Our fathers worshipped 
in this mountain; and ye say, that in 
Jerusalem is the place where men ought 
to worship. Jesus saith unto her, 
" Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, 
" when ye shall neither in this mountain, 
"nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the 
" Father. Ye worship ye know not 
" what : we know what we worship : for 
" salvation is of the Jews. But the 
"hour cometh, and now is, when the 
" true worshippers shall worship the 
" Father in spirit and in truth : for the 
"Father seeketh such to worship him. 
" God is a Spirit : and they that worship 
" him must worship him in spirit and 
et in truth." The woman saith unto him, 
I know that Messias cometh, which is 
called Christ : when he is come, he will 
tell us all things. Jesus saith unto her, 
"I that speak unto thee am he." 

And upon this came his disciples, and 
marvelled that he talked with the wo- 
man : yet no man said, What seekest 
thou ? or, Why talkest thou with her ? 
The woman then left her waterpot, and 
went her way into the city, and saith to 
the men, Come, see a man which told 
me all things that ever I did : is not 
this the Christ ? Then they went out 
of the city, and came unto him. In the 



JESUS AT JACOB S WELL, 



mean while his disciples prayed him, 
saying, Master, eat. But he said unto 
them, "I have meat to eat that ye know 
" not of." Therefore said the disciples 
one to another, Hath any man brought 
him aught to eat ? Jesus saith unto 
them, "My meat is to do the will of 
"him that sent me, and to finish his 
" work. Say not ye, There are yet four 
"months, and then cometh harvest? 
" behold, I say unto you, Lift up your 
" eyes, and look on the fields ; for they 
*' are white already to harvest. And he 
" that reapeth receiveth wages, and ga- 
" thereth fruit unto life eternal : that 
'•both he that soweth and he that reap- 
" eth may rejoice together. And herein 
"is that saying true, One soweth, and 
u another reapeth. I sent you to reap 
" that whereon ye bestowed no labour : 
" other men laboured, and ye are entered 
r into their labours." 

And many of the Samaritans of that 
city believed on him for the saying of 
the woman, which testified, He told me 
all that ever I did. So when the Sama- 
ritans were come unto him, they be- 
sought him that he would tarry with 
them : and he abode there two days. 
And many more believed because of his 
own word ; and said unto the woman, 



40 



JESUS RETURNS TO GALILEE. 



Now we believe, not because of thy say- 
ing ; for we have heard him ourselves, 
and know that this is indeed the Christ, 
the Saviour of the world. 

Now after two days he departed thence, 
23 Luke iv. 14. 23 anc | re turned in the power of the Spi- 
^Matt. iv. 17. rit into Galilee. 24 From that time Jesus 
- 5 Mk.i. 14, 15. t> e gan to preach 25 the gospel of the king- 
dom of God, saying, " The time is ful- 
c< filled, and the kingdom of God is at 
"hand: repent ve, and believe the gos- 
*Jn. iv. 44-46. « pe l." ^For Jesus himself testified, 
that a prophet hath no honour in his 
own country. Then when he was come 
into Galilee, the Galilee ans received him, 
having seen all the things that he did at 
Jerusalem at the feast: for they also 
went unto the feast. So Jesus came 
again into Cana of Galilee, where he 
made the water wine. 23 And there went 
out a fame of him through all the region 
round about. 

27 Jn.iv. 46-54. 27 And there was a certain nobleman, 
whose son was sick at Capernaum. 
When he heard that Jesus was come 
out of Judeea into Galilee, he went unto 
him, and besought him that he would 
come down, and heal his son : for he 
was at the point of death. Then said 
Jesus unto him, " Except ye see signs 
" and wonders, ve will not believe." 



JESUS HEALS THE NOBLEMAN S SON. 



41 



The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come 
down ere my child die. Jesus saith unto 
him, "Go thy way: thy son liveth." 
And the man believed the word that 
Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went 
his way. And as he was now going down, 
his servants met him, and told him, say- 
ing, Thy son liveth. Then inquired he 
of them the hour when he began to 
amend. And they said unto him, Yes- 
terday at the seventh hour the fever left 
him. So the father knew that it was at 
the same hour, in the which Jesus had 
said unto him, " Thy son liveth :" and 
himself believed, and his whole house. 
This is again the second miracle that 
Jesus did ; when he was come out of 
Juchea into Galilee. 

^And he taught in their synagogues, 
being glorified of all. And he came to 
Nazareth, where he had been brought 
up : and, as his custom was, he went 
into the synagogue on the sabbath dav, 
and stood up for to read. And there 
was delivered unto him the book of the 
prophet Esaias. And when he had opened 
the book, he found the place where it 
was written, The Spirit of the Lord is 
upon me, because he hath anointed me 
to preach the gospel to the poor; he 
hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, 



JESUS TEACHES IN NAZARETH. 

to preach deliverance to the captives, 
and recovering of sight to the blind, to 
set at liberty them that are bruised, to 
preach the acceptable year of the Lord. 
And he closed the book, and gave it 
again to the minister, and sat down. 
And the eyes of all them that were in, 
the synagogue were fastened on him. 
And he began to say unto them, " This 
" day is this scripture fulfilled in your 
" ears." And all bare him witness, and 
wondered at the gracious words which 
proceeded out of his mouth. And they 
said, Is not this Joseph's son ? And he 
said unto them, " Ye will surely say unto 
u me this proverb, Physician, heal thy- 
"self: whatsoever we have heard done 
" in Capernaum, do also here in thy 
"country." And he said, "Verily I 
" say unto you, No prophet is accepted 
" in his own country. But I tell you 
" of a truth, many widows were in Israel 
" in the days of Elias, when the heaven 
"was shut up three years and six 
"months, when great famine was 
"throughout all the land; but unto none 
"of them was Elias sent, save unto 
"Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a 
" woman that was a widow. And many 
"lepers were in Israel, in the time of 
" Eliseus the prophet ; and none of 



JAMES AND JOHN FOLLOW JESUS. 



43 



u them was cleansed, save Naaman the 
" Syrian:' 

And all they in the synagogue, when 
they heard these things, were filled with 
wrath, and rose up, and thrust him out 
of the city, and led him unto the brow 
of the hill whereon their city was built, 
that they might cast him down head- 
long. But he, passing through the 
midst of them, went his way. *And 29 Mat. iv. 13. 
leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in 
Capernaum, ^a city of Galilee, ^which 30 Luke iv. 31. 
is upon the sea coast, in the borders of 
Zabulon and Nephthalim ; 30 and taught 
them on the sabbath days. 31 That it 31 Mat.iv.l4-l6 
might be fulfilled which was spoken by 
Esaias the prophet, saying, The land of 
Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by 
the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, 
Galilee of the Gentiles ; the people 
which sat in darkness saw great light ; 
and to them which sat in the region 
and shadow of death light is sprung up. 

32 And Jesus, walking by the sea of 32Mat iv lg 
Galilee, saw tvvo brethren, Simon called 
Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting 
a net into the sea : for they were fishers. 
33 And Jesus said unto them, " Come ye 33Mk.i. 17-19. 
" after me, and I will make you to be- 
u come fishers of men." And straight- 
way they forsook their nets, and followed 



44 



MIRACULOUS DRAUGHT OF FISHES. 



him. And when lie had gone a little 

»*Mat iv. 21. farther thence, 34 he saw other two breth- 
ren, James the son of Zebedee, and John 
his brother, ^who also were in the ^ship 
with Zebedee their father, mending their 

35Mark i. 20. nets ; 35 and straightway he called them. 

seMat. iv. 22. 36 A n( l tne ^ immediately 35 left their father 
Zebedee in the ship with the hired 
servants, and went after him. 

37 Lk. v. l-ll. 37 And it came to pass, that, as the 
people pressed upon him to hear the 
word of God, he stood by the lake of 
Gennesaret, and saw two ships standing 
by the lake : but the fishermen were 
gone out of them, and were washing 
their nets. And he entered into one of 
the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed 
him that he would thrust out a little 
from the land. And he sat clown, and 
taught the people out of the ship. 

Now when he had left speaking, he 
said unto Simon, <f Launch out now into 
" the deep, and let down your nets for a 
" draught." And Simon answering said 
unto him, Master, we have toiled all the 
night, and have taken nothing : never- 
theless at thy word I will let down the 
net. And when they had this done, 
they inclosed a great multitude of fishes : 
and their net brake. And they beckoned 
unto their partners, which were in the 



AN UNCLEAN SPIRIT CAST OUT. 



45 



other ship, that they should come and 
help them. And they came, and filled 
both the ships, so that they began to 
sink. When Simon Peter saw it, he 
fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart; 
from me ; for I am a sinful man, 0 Lord. 
For he was astonished, and all that were 
with him, at the draught of fishes which 
they had taken : and so was also James, 
and John, the sons of Zebedee, which 
were partners with Simon. And Jesus 
said unto Simon. " Fear not ; from 
" henceforth thou shalt catch men." 
And when they had brought their ships 
to land, they forsook all, and followed 
him. 

^And they went into Capernaum ; and 3 *Mark i. 21. 
straightway on the sabbath day he en- 
tered into the synagogue, and taught. 
29 And they were astonished at his. doc- 3&Lllk e iv. 32. 
trine; for his word was with power: 
^for he taught them as one that had ^Mark i. 22, 
authority, and not as the scribes. 41 And 41 Lk.iv.33-3J. 
in the synagogue there was a man, which 
had a spirit of an unclean devil, and 
cried out with a loud voice, saying, Let 
us alone ; what have we to do with thee, 
thou Jesus of Nazareth ? art thou come 
to destroy us ? I know thee who thou 
art ; the Holy One of God. And Jesus 
rebuked him, saying, "Hold thy peace, 



40 JESUS HEALS SIMONS WIFES MOTHER. 



*2Mark i. 26. 
43 Luke iv. 35. 
"Mark i. 27. 

45 Luke iv. 36. 



*>Mark i. 28. 
47 Luke iv. 37. 

48 Luke iv. 38. 
49 Mark i. 29. 



*>Mark i. 30. 

61 Mark i. 31. 
5 9 -Lukeiv. 39. 



"Mark i. 32. 
^Luke iv. 40. 



"and come out of him." 42 And when 
the unclean spirit had torn him, and 
cried with a loud voice, 43 and had thrown 
him in the midst, he came out of him, 
and hurt him not. 44 And they were all 
amazed, insomuch that they questioned 
among themselves, saying, What thing 
is this ? ^What a word is this ! 44 What 
new doctrine is this ? 45 for with autho- 
rity and power ^commandeth he even 
the unclean spirits, and they do obey 
him, 45 and come out. 46 And immediately 
his fame spread abroad 47 into everyplace 
of the country 46 round about Galilee. 

48 And he arose ; 49 and forthwith, when 
they were come out of the synagogue, 
they entered into the house of Simon 
and Andrew, with James and John. 
48 And Simon's wife's mother was taken 
with a great fever, and ^lay sick ; and 
anon they tell him of her, 4S and they 
besought him for her. 51 And he came, 
52 and stood over her, 51 and took her by 
the hand, and lifted her up, 52 and rebuked 
the fever; 51 and immediately the fever 
left her : 52 and she arose and ministered 
unto them. 

53 And at even, ^when the sun was 
setting, all they that had any sick with 
divers diseases brought them unto him ; 
and he laid his hands on every one of 



JESUS HEALS THE SICK. 



47 



them, and healed S5 all that were sick ; 55},it.Tiii.i6,i7 
that it might be fulfilled which was spo- 
ken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Him- 
self took our infirmities, and bare our 
sickness. And ^they brought unto him ^Mat.viii. 16. 
many that were possessed with devils : 
and he cast out the spirits with his word, 
57 crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ, D7L ^e iv. 41. 
the Son of God. And he rebuking them 
suffered them not to speak : for they 
knew that he was Christ. 58 And all the 5s^r ar ^ ; # 33. 
city was gathered together at the door. 

®And in the morning, rising up a 5;j Mk. i. 35-38. 
great while before day, he went out, and 
departed into a solitary place, and there 
prayed. And Simon and they that were 
with him followed after him. And when 
they had found him, they said unto him, 
All men seek for thee. And he said 
unto them, "Let us go into the next 
" towns, that I may preach there also : 
"for therefore came I forth." ^And «>Lk.iv.42,43. 
the people sought him, and came unto 
him, and stayed him, that he should not 
depart from them. And he said unto 
them, "I must preach the kingdom of 
" God to other cities also : for there- 
i( fore am I sent/' 

61 And Jesus went about all Galilee, 61 Mat. iv. 23, 
teachingin their synagogues, and preach- ~~ ^ m> l ' 
ing the Gospel of the kingdom, and heal- 



THE SERMON OF JESUS ON THE MOUNT. 



ing all manner of sickness and all manner 
of disease among the people. And his 
fame went throughout all Syria : and 
they brought unto him all sick people 
that were taken with divers diseases and 
torments, and those which were pos- 
sessed with devils, and those which were 
lunatic, and those that had the palsy ; 
and he healed them. And there followed 
him great multitudes of people from 
Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from 
Jerusalem, and from Judsea, and from 
beyond Jordan. 

And seeing the multitudes, he went 
up into a mountain : and when he was 
set, his disciples came unto him : and 
he opened his mouth, and taught them, 
saying, ''Blessed are the poor in spirit : 
" for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 
" Blessed are they that mourn : for thev 
"shall be comforted. Blessed are the 
" meek : for they shall inherit the earth. 
" Blessed are they wdiich do hunger and 
" thirst after righteousness : for they 
" shall be filled. Blessed are the mer- 
" ciful : for they shall obtain mercy. 
"Blessed are the pure in heart: for 
"they shall see God. Blessed are the 
" peace-makers : for they shall be called 
• " the children of God. Blessed are 
Ci they which are persecuted for right- 



THE SERMON OF JESUS ON THE MOUNT. 

eousness' sake : for theirs is the king- 
8 doiii of heaven. Blessed are ye, when 
f men shall revile you, and persecute 
' you, and shall say all manner of evil 
f against you falsely, for my sake : re- 
' joice, and be exceeding glad : for great 
' is your reward in heaven : for so per- 
' secuted they the prophets which were 
6 before you. 

i( Ye are the salt of the earth : but if 
' the salt have lost his savour, where- 
6 with shall it be salted ? it is thence- 
' forth good for nothing, but to be cast 
6 out, and to be trodden under foot of men. 
6 Ye are the light of the world. A city 
' that is set on an hill cannot be hid. 
'Neither do men light a candle, and 
( put it under a bushel, but on a candle- 
6 stick ; and it giveth light unto all that 
" are in the house. Let your light so 
(( shine before men, that they may see 
" your good works, and glorify your 
" Father which is in heaven. 

" Think not that I am come to destroy 
" the Law, or the Prophets : I am not 
" come to destroy, but to fulfil. For 
" verily I say unto you, Till heaven 
(C and earth pass, one jot or one tittle 
<£ shall in no wise pass from the law, till 
6S all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore 
" shall break one of these least com- 

H 



THE SERMON OF JESUS ON THE MOUNT. 

" mandments, and shall teach men so, 
" he shall be called the least in the 
" kingdom of heaven : but whosoever 
" shall do and teach them, the same 
" shall be called great in the kingdom 
" of heaven. For I say unto you, That 
"except your righteousness shall exceed 
" the righteousness of the scribes and 
" pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into 
" the kingdom of heaven. 

" Ye have heard that it was said by 
" them of old time, Thou shalt not kill ; 
" and whosoever shall kill shall be in 
" danger of the judgment : but I say 
"unto you, That whosoever is angry 
" with his brother without a cause shall 
"be in danger of the judgment: and 
" whosoever shall say to his brother, 
"Raca ! shall be in danger of the coun- 
■ c cil : but whosoever shall say, Thou 
" fool ! shall be in danger of hell fire. 
" Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the 
" altar, and there rememberest that thy 
"brother hath aught against thee; 
" leave there thy gift before the 
" altar, and go thy way ; first be recon- 
" ciled to thy brother, and then come 
" and offer thy gift. Agree with thine 
" adversary quickly, wiiiles thou art in 
" the way with him ; lest at any time 
" the adversary deliver thee to the judge, 



THE SERMON OF JESUS ON THE MOUNT. 51 



" and the judge deliver thee to the offi- 
" cer, and thou be east into prison. 
" Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by 
"no means come out thence, till thou 
" hast paid the uttermost farthing. 

" Ye have heard that it was said by 
''them of old time. Thou shalt not com - 
"rait adultery: but I say unto you, 
" That whosoever looketh on a woman 
" to lust after her hath committed adul- 
" tery with her already in his heart. 
" And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck 
"it out, and cast it from thee : for it is 
" profitable for thee that one of thy 
"members should perish, and not that 
" thy whole body should be cast into 
"hell. And if thy right hand offend 
" thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee : 
" for it is profitable for thee that one of 
" thy members should perish, and not 
" that thy whole body should be cast 
" into hell. It hath been said, Whoso- 
" ever shall put away his wife, let him 
" give her a writing of divorcement : but 
" I say unto you, That whosoever shall 
"put away his wife, saving for the cause 
" of fornication, cause th her to commit 
" adultery : and whosoever shall marry 
"her thatis divorced, committeth adultery. 

" Again, ye have heard that it hath 
" been said by them of old time, Thou 



THE SERMON OF JESUS ON THE MOUNT. 

" shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt 
" perform unto the Lord thine oaths : 
" hut I say unto you, Swear not at all : 
" neither by heaven ; for it is Gods 
" throne : nor bv the earth ', for it is his 
" footstool : neither by Jerusalem, for it 
"is the city of the great King. Neither 
" shalt thou swear by thy head, because 
" thou canst not make one hair white or 
"black. But let your communication 
"be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatso- 
" ever is more than these cometh of 
" evil. 

"Ye have heard that it hath been 
" said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth 
" for a tooth : but I say unto you, That 
" ye resist not evil : but whosoever shall 
" smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to 
"him the other also. And if any man 
" will sue thee at the law, and take away 
" thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. 
"And whosoever shall compel thee to 
" go a mile, go with him twain. Give 
" to him that asketh thee, and from him 
" that would borrow of thee turn not 
" thou away. 

" Ye have heard that it hath been 
• " said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, 
" and hate thine enemy. But I say unto 
" you, Love your enemies, bless them 
" that curse you, do good to them that 



THE SERMON OF JESUS ON THE MOUNT. 

"hate you, and pray for them which 
" despitefully use you and persecute 
"you; that ye maybe the children of 
" your Father which is in heaven : for 
"he maketh his sun to rise on the evil 
"and on the good, and sendeth rain on 
" the just and on the unjust. For if ye 
" love them which love you. what reward 
"have ye? do not even the publicans 
" the same ? And if ye salute your breth- 
" ren only, what do ye more than others ? 
" do not even the publicans so ? Be ye 
" therefore perfect, even as your Father 
H which is in heaven is perfect. 

" Take heed that ye do not your alms 
" before men, to be seen of them : other- 
wise ye have no reward of your Father 
" which is in heaven. Therefore when 
" thou doest thine alms, do not sound a 
" trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites 
" do in the synagogues and in the streets, 
" that they may have glory of men. 
" Verily I say unto you, They have 
" their reward. But when thou doest 
" alms, let not thy left hand know what 
" thy right hand doeth : that thine alms 
" may be in secret : and thy Father 

which seeth in secret himself shall 
I reward thee openly. 

" And when thou prayest, thou shalt 
" not be as the hypocrites are : for they 



54 THE SERMON OF JESUS ON THE MOUNT. 



" love to pray standing in the synagogues 
" and in the corners of the streets, that 
" they may be seen of men. Verily I 
" say unto you, They have their reward. 
" But thou, when thou prayest, enter 
"into thy closet, and when thou hast 
" shut thy door, pray to thy Father 
"which is in secret; and thy Father 
" which seeth in secret shall reward 
" thee openly. But when ye pray, use 
" not vain repetitions, as the heathen 
" do : for they think that they shall be 
"heard for their much speaking. Be 
"not ye therefore like unto them: for 
" your Father knoweth what things ye 
"have need of, before ye ask him. 
" After this manner therefore pray ye : 
" Our Father which art in heaven, Hal- 
" lowed be thy name. Thy kingdom 
" come. Thy will be done in earth, as 
" it is in heaven. Give us this day our 
" daily bread. And forgive us our debts, 
" as we forgive our debtors. And leal 
" us not into temptation, but deliver as 
" from evil : For thine is the kingdom, 
" and the power, and the glory, forever. 
"Amen. For if ye forgive men their 
" trespasses, your heavenly Father will 
" also forgive you : but if ye forgive not 
" men their trespasses, neither will your 
" Father forgive your trespasses. 



THE SERMON OF JESUS ON THE MOUNT. 

" Moreover when ye fast, be not, as 
' the hypocrites, of a sad countenance : 
' for they disfigure their faces, that they 
' may appear unto men to fast. Verily 
I say unto you, They have their re- 
'ward. But thou, when thou fastest, 
' anoint thine head, and wash thy face ; 
4 that thou appear not unto men to fast, 
' but unto thy Father which is in secret : 
' and thy Father, which seeth in secret, 
' shall reward thee openly. 

" Lay not up for yourselves treasures 
' upon earth, where moth and rust doth 
' corrupt, and where thieves break 
'through and steal: but lay up for 
' yourselves treasures in heaven, where 
'neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, 
' and where thieves do not break through 
' nor steal : for where your treasure is, 
' there will your heart be also. The 
' light of the body is the eye : if there- 
' fore thine eye be single, thy whole 
'body shall be full of light/ But if 
' thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall 
) be full of darkness. If therefore the 
' light that is in thee be darkness, how 
'great is that darkness ! Xo man can 
' serve two masters : for either he will 
' hate the one, and love the other ; or 
' else he will hold to the one, and despise 
' the other. Ye cannot serve God and 



THE SERMON OF JESUS ON THE MOUNT. 



"mammon. Therefore I say unto you, 
" Take no thought for your life, what 
(( ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink ; 
" nor yet for your body, what ye shall 
"put on. Is not the life more than 
" meat, and the body than raiment ? 
" Behold the fowls of the air : for they 
" sow not, neither do they reap, nor 
" gather into barns ; yet your heavenly 
" Father feedeth them. Are ye not 
"much better than they? Which of 
" you by taking thought can add one 
" cubit unto his stature? And why 
" take ye thought for raiment ? Con- 
" sider the lilies of the field, how they 
" grow ; they toil not, neither do they 
" spin : and yet I say unto you, That 
" even Solomon in all his glory was not 
" arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, 
" if God so clothe the grass of the field, 
" which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast 
" into the oven, shall he not much more 
" clothe you, 0 ye of little faith ? 
"Therefore take no thought, saying, 
" What shall we eat ? or, What shall we 
" drink ? or, Wherewithal shall we be 
" clothed ? (for after all these things 
" do the Gentiles seek :) for your hea- 
"venly Father knoweth that ye have 
"need of all these things. But seek ye 
4 ' first the kingdom of God, and his 



THE SERMON OF JESUS ON THE MOUNT. 



57 



u righteousness ; and all these things 
" shall be added unto you. Take there- 
" fore no thought for the morrow : for 
" the morrow shall take thought for the 
"things of itself. Sufficient unto the 
" day is the evil thereof. 

" Judge not, that ye he not judged. 
"For with what judgment ye judge, ye 
" shall he judged : and with what mea- 
" sure ye mete, it shall he measured to 
" you again. And why heholdest thou 
" the mote that is in thy brother's eye. 
" but considerest not the beam that is 
" thine own eye ? Or, how wilt thou 
" say to thy brother, Let me pull out 
" the mote out of thine eye ; and, be- 
" hold, a beam is in thine own eye ? 
" Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam 
" out of thine own eye ; and then shalt 
" thou see clearly to cast out the mote 
" out of thy brother's eye. 

(( Give not that which is holy unto the 
" dogs, neither cast ye your pearls be- 
" fore swine, lest they trample them 
" under their feet, and turn again and 
(i rend you. 

" Ask, and it shall be given you ; 
" seek, and ye shall find ; knock, and it 
" shall be opened unto you : for every 
" one that asketh, receiveth ; and he 
" that seeketh findeth : and to him that 
I 



THE SERMON OF JESUS ON THE MOUNT. 

" knocketh it shall be opened. Or what 
"man is there of you, whom if his son 
" ask bread, will he give him a stone? 
" Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a 
" serpent ? If ye then, being evil, know 
" how to give good gifts unto your chil- 
dren, how much more shall your 
" Father which is in heaven give good 
" things to them that ask him ! There- 
" fore all things whatsoever ye would 
" that men should do to you, do ye even 
" so to them : for this is the Law and 
" the Prophets. 

" Enter ye in at the straight gate : 
" for wide is the gate, and broad is the 
"way, that leadeth to destruction, and 
" many there be which go in thereat : 
" because strait is the gate, and narrow 
' ' is the way, which leadeth unto life, and 
" few there be that find it. 

"Beware of false prophets, which 
" come to you in sheep's clothing, but 
" inwardly they are ravening wolves. 
"Ye shall know them by their fruits. 
" Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs 
" of thistles ? Even so every good tree 
" bringeth forth good fruit; but a cor- 
" rupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A 
" good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, 
" neither can a corrupt tree bring forth 
" good fruit. Every tree that bringeth 



THE SERMON OF JESUS OX THE MOUNT. 

■ ' not forth good fruit is hewn down, and 
'' cast into the fire. Wherefore by their 
" fruits ye shall know them. 

" Not every one that saith unto me, 
- Lord, Lord, shall enter into the king- 
' dom of heaven ; but he that doeth the 
' will of my Father which is in heaven. 
'Many will say to me in that day, 
' Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in 
' thy name ? and in thy name have 
' cast out devils ? and in thy name done 
' many wonderful works ? And then 
' will T profess unto them, I never knew 
' you : depart from me, ye that work 
6 iniquity. Therefore whosoever hear- 
' eth these sayings of mine, and doeth 
'them, I will liken him unto a wise 
' man, which built his house upon a 
1 rock : and the rain descended, and the 
'floods came, and the winds blew and 
' beat upon that house ; and it fell not : 
' for it was founded upon a rock. And 
' every one that heareth these sayings 
' of mine, and doeth them not, shall be 
' likened unto a foolish man, which 
'built his house upon the sand : and 
' the rain descended, and the floods 
' came, and the winds blew, and beat 
' upon that house ; and it fell : and 
' great was the fall of it." 

And it came to pass, when Jesus had 



60 



JESUS HEALS A LEPER. 



62 Luke v. 12. 

"Mark i. 40. 
w Mat. viii. 2. 



ended these sayings, the people were as- 
tonished at his doctrine : for he taught 
them as one having authority, and not 
as the scribes. When he was come down 
from the mountain, great multitudes 
followed him. 

62 And it came to pass, when he was in 
a certain city, behold a man full of 
leprosy : who seeing Jesus 63 came to 
him, and kneeling down to him, ^wor- 
shipped him, m ancl fell on his face, and 
besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, 
^Mk. i. 41-44. thou canst make me clean. 65 And Jesus, 
moved with compassion, put forth his 
hand, and touched him, and saith unto 
him, " I will ; be thou clean." And as 
soon as he had spoken, immediately the 
leprosy departed froni him, and he was 
cleansed. And he straitly charged him, 
and forthwith sent him away ; and saith 
unto him, " See thou say nothing to any 
" man : but go thy way, show thyself to 
" the priest, and offer for thy cleansing 
" 66 the gift that Moses commanded, for 
" a testimony unto them." 6r But he 
went out, and began 68 so much the more 
6T to publish it, and to blaze abroad the 
the matter, insomuch that Jesus could 
no more openly enter into the city, but 
was without in desert places : 68 and great 
multitudes came together G7 to him from 



*OIat. viii. 4, 
67 Mark i. 45. 
&3 Luke v. 15. 



JESUS HEALS A MAN AFFLICTED WITH THE PALSY. 61 

every quarter ^to hear, and to be healed egjj^ v . lo, 16. 
by him of their infirmities. And he 
withdrew himself into the wilderness, 
and prayed. 

70 And again he entered into Caper- 70 Mk. ii. l, 2. 
naum, after some days ; and it was noised 
that he was in the house. And straight- 
way many were gathered together, inso- 
much that there was no room to receive 
them, no, not so much as about the 
door : and he preached the word unto 
them. 71 And it came to pass, as he was 71 Luke y. 17. 
teaching, that there were pharisees and 
doctors of the law sitting by, which 
were come out of every town of Galilee, 
and Judsea, and Jerusalem : and the 
power of the Lord was present to heal 
them. 72 And, behold, 74 men 72 brought 72M at. ix. 2. 
to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on 
a bed, 73 which was borne of four. 74 And TiL^yAV^o. 
they sought means to bring him in, and 
to lay him before him. And when they 
could not find by what way they might 
bring him in because of the multitude, 
they went upon the housetop, and 75 un- 75 Mark ii. 4. 
covered the roof where he was : and 
when they had broken it up, they 74 let 
him down through the tiling, with 75 the 
bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay, 
74 into the midst before Jesus. And when 
he saw their faith, 76 he said unto the 76 Mark ii. 5. 



62 JESUS HEALS A MAN AFFLICTED WITH THE PALSY. 



sick of the palsy, " 72 Son, be of good 
"cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee." 
77 Mark ii. 6. 77 But there were certain of the scribes 
78 Lk. v. 21, 22. 78 ancl pharisees 77 sitting there, and rea- 
7 9 Markii 7 8 soning in their hearts, 78 saying, 79 Why 
' doth this man thus speak blasbhemies ? 
who can forgive sins but God only ? 
80 Mat. ix. 4. And immediately when Jesus, ^knowing 
their thoughts, 79 perceived in his spirit 
that they so reasoned within themselves, 
he 78 answering 79 said unto them, " Why 
" reason ye these things in your hearts? 
"Matt. ix. 5. " 8 nVherefore think ye evil? 81 For 
82 Mk. ii, 9. io. " 82 whether is it easier to say to the sick 
" of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven 
" thee ; or to say, Arise, and take up 
" thy bed, and walk ? But that ye may 
" know that the Son of man hath power 
S3 Matt. ix. 6. " on earth to forgive sins," ( 83 then saith 

8*Markii. 11. ne to the s i°k °^ tne P a l s y>) " 84 I sa T 
" unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, 
Ci and go thy way into thine house. " 

^Luke, "v. 25. ^Ancl immediately he rose up before 
them, and took up that whereon he lay, 

S6 Mark, ii. 12. 86 and went forth before them all, 85 and 
departed to his own house, glorifying 

87 Matt. ix. 8. God : 86 insomuch that 87 when the multi- 

^Luke, v. 26. tucles saw it, 88 they were all amazed, and 
they glorified God, "which had given 
such power unto men. ^and were filled 
" with fear, saying, We have seen strange 



MATTHEW ENTERTAINS JESUS, 



63 



things to day ; ^we never saw it on this 
fashion. 

*And after these things he went forth S9 Luke, v. 27. 
^again by the sea side ; and all the mtd- 90Mk - u - 13 J u - 
titude resorted unto him, and he taught 
them. And as he passed by, he ^saw a 
publican, named Levi ( 91 named also 91 Matt, ix. 9. 
Matthew,) ^the son of Alphseus, ^sitting 921^. v . 27-29. 
at the receipt of custom : and he said 
unto him, '* Follow me." And he left 
all, rose up, and followed him. And 
Levi made him a great feast in his own 
house. 93 And it came to pass, that, as 93 Mk.ii. 15,16. 
Jesus sat at meat in his house, w a great 
company of ^publicans and sinners sat 
also together with Jesus and his disci- 
ples : for there were many, and they 
followed him. And when 94 their 93 scribes ^Luke, v. 30. 
and pharisees saw him eat with publi- 
cans and sinners, they said unto his 
disciples, How is it that he eateth and 
drinketh with publicans and sinners ? 
^and they murmured against his disci- 
ples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink 
with publicans and sinners ? 95 When 95:NIark ^ 17. 
Jesus heard it, he ^answering said unto *Luke, v. 31. 
them, 95 " They that are whole have no 
" need of the physician, but they that 
" are sick : I came not to call the right- 
fk eous, but sinners to repentance/ 5 

97 And the disciples of John and of the w Mark ii. 18. 



04 



FARABLE OF THE OLD GARMENT. 



pharisees used to fast : and they come 
9S Luke, v. 33. and say unto hirn, 98 Why do the disci- 
ples of John fast often, and make pray- 
ers, and likewise the disciples of the 

pharisees, 97 but thy disciples fast not, 
"Mark, ii. 19. 98 but eat an( J drink ? 99 And Jesug gaid 

100 Luke v. 34. unto them, 100C£ Can ye make the children 
" of the hridechamber fast, while the 
" bridegroom is with them ? "as long 
" as they have the bridegroom with 

JMark, ii. 20. " them, they cannot fast. *But the 
" days will come when the bridegroom 
" shall be taken aw^ay from them, and 
" then shall they fast in those days/' 

2 Luke, v. 36. ^And he spake also a parable unto 

3 Mark, ii. 21. them; 3< ' No man also seweth a piece 
" of new cloth on an old garment ; ~if 
" otherwise, then both the new 3 piece 
'' that filled it up taketh away from the 
" old, and the rent is made worse, 2 and 
" the piece that was taken out of the 

4 Lk.y. 37-39. " new agreeth not with the old. 4 And 
" no man putteth new wine into old 
" bottles ; else the new w T ine will burst 
" the bottles, and be spilled, and the 
" bottles shall perish. But new wine 
"must be put into new bottles; and 
"both are preserved. No man also 
" having drunk old wine straightway 
" desireth new : for he saith, The old is 
"better." 



SECTION III. 



From the Miracle at the Pool of Bethesda, in 
Jerusalem, — to the Parables addressed by Jesus 
to the Multitude, in Galilee. 

1 After this there was a feast of the ijohn v. 
Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 
Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep 
market a pool, which is called in the 
Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five 
porches. In these lay a great multitude 
of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, 
waiting for the moving of the water. 
For an angel went down at a certain 
season into the pool, and troubled the 
water : whosoever then first after the 
troubling of the water stepped in was 
made whole of whatsoever disease he had. 
And a certain man was there, which 
had an infirmity thirty and eight years. 
When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that 
he had been now a long time in that 
case, he saith unto him, " Wilt thou be 
"made whole?" The impotent man 

K 



JESUS HEALS AN INFIRM MAN. 

answered him, Sir, I have no man, when 
the water is troubled, to put me into the 
t»oo1 : but while I am coming, another 
steppeth down before me. Jesus saith 
unto him, " Rise, take up thy bed, and 
"walk." And immediately the man was 
made whole, and took up his bed and 
walked : and on the same day was the 
sabbath. 

The Jews therefore said unto him that 
was cured, It is the sabbath-day: it is 
not lawful for thee to carry thy bed. He 
answered them, He that made me whole, 
the same said unto me, Take up thy bed 
and walk. Then asked they him, What 
man is that which said unto thee, Take up 
thy bed, and walk ? And he that was 
healed wist not who it was: for Jesus 
. had conveyed himself away, a multitude 
being in that place. Afterward Jesus 
findeth him in the temple, and said unto 
him, " Behold, thou art made whole: 
■'■ sin no more, lest a worse thing come 
" unto thee." The man departed, and 
told the Jews that it was Jesus, which 
had made liim whole. And therefore 
did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought 
to slay him, because he had done these 
things on the sabbath day. But Jesus 
answered them, "My Father worketh 
•''hitherto, and I work." Therefore the 



JESUS DISCOURSES YvTTH THE JEWS. 



67 



Jews sought the more to kill him, be- 
cause he not only had broken the sab- 
bath, but said also that God was his 
Father, making himself equal with God. 

Then answered Jesus and said unto 
them, " Verily, verily, I say unto you, 
" The Son can do nothing of himself, 
"but what he seeth the Father do : for 
" what things soever he doeth, these 
" also doeth the Son likewise. For the 
" Father loveth the Son, and showeth 
" him all things that himself doeth : and 
"he will show him greater works than 
" these, that ye may marvel. For as 
" the Father raiseth up the dead, and 
" quickeneth them ; even so the Son 
" quickeneth whom he will. For the 
"Father judgeth no man, bat hath 
" committed all judgment unto the Son : 
" that all men should honour the Son, 
" even as they honour the Father. He 
" that honoureth not the Son honoureth 
" not the Father which hath sent him. 
" Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that 
" heareth my word, and believeth on him 
"that sent me, hath everlasting life, and 
"shall not come into condemnation; 
" but is passed from death unto life. 
"Verily, verily, I say unto you, The 
" hour is coming, and now is, when the 
" dead shall hear the voice of the Son 



JESUS DISCOURSES WITH THE JEWS. 

" of God : and they that hear shall live. 
" For as the Father hath life in himself; 
" so hath he given to the Son to have 
" life in himself ; and hath given him 
" authority to execute judgment also, 
" because he is the Son of man. Marvel 
" not at this : for the hour is coming, 
" in the which all that are in the graves 
" shall hear his voice, and shall come 
" forth ; they that have done good, unto 
" the resurrection of life ; and they that 
" have done evil, unto the resurrection 
" of damnation. I can of mine own 
" self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: 
"and my judgment is just; because I 
" seek not mine own will, but the will 
" of the Father which hath sent me. If 
"I bear witness of myself, my witness 
"is not true. There is another that 
" beareth witness of me ; and I know 
" that the witness which he witnesseth 
" of me is true. 

"Ye sent unto John, and he bare 
" witness unto the truth. But I receive 
" not testimony from man : but these 
" things I say, that ye might be saved. 
"He was a burning and a shining light: 
"and ye were willing for a season to 
" rejoice in his light. But I have greater 
" witness than that of John : for the 
"works which the Father hath given 



JESUS DISCOURSES WITH THE JEWS, 



69 



" me to finish, the same works that I 
" do, bear witness of me, that the Father 
" hath sent me. And the Father him- 
" self, which hath sent me, hath borne 
" witness of me. Ye have neither heard 
"his voice at any time, nor seen his 
" shape. And ye have not his word 
" abiding in you : for whom he hath 
" sent, him ye believe not. Search the 
" Scriptures ; for in them ye think ye 
"have eternal life: and they are they 
"which testify of me. And ye will not 
" come to me, that ye might have life. 
" I receive not honour from men. But 
" I know you, that ye have not the love 

V of God in you. I am come in my 

V Father's name, and ye receive me not : 
" if another shall come in his own name, 
" him ye will receive. How can ye be- 
" lieve, which receive honour one of 
" another, and seek not the honour that 
" cometh from God only ? Do not think 
" that I will accuse you to the Father : 
"there is one that accuseth you, even 
" Moses, in whom ye trust. For had 
"ye believed Moses, ye would have be- 
lieved me: for he wrote of me. But 
" if ye believe not his writings, how shall 
" ye believe my words ?" 

* 2 And it came to pass 3 at that time, *^ark ^ii. 2^3. 
Jesus went, 4 on the second sabbath after ^Luk'e vi." l." 



70 



THE DISCIPLES PLUCK THE CORN. 



the first, through the cornfields; 3 and 
his disciples were an hungered, and 
began, 2 as they went, 3 to pluck the ears 
of corn, and to eat, 4 rubbing them in 
5 Matt. xii. 2. their hands. 5 But when the pharisees 
6 Mark ii. 24. saw it they said unto him, Behold, 6 why 
do 5 thy disciples that which is not 
lawful to do upon the sabbath day ? 
7 Lk. vi. 2, 3. ''And certain of the pharisees said unto 
them, Why do ye that which is not law- 
ful to do on the sabbath days ? And 
s Mark ii. 25. Jesus answering them said, 8ff Have ye 
" never read 7 so much as this, 8 what 
" David did, when he had need, and was 
" an hungered, he, and they that were 
s Mat. xii. 4. ' ' with him? 9 how he entered into the 
ioMark ii. 26. " house of God 10 in the days of Abiathar 
n Luke vi. 4. " the high priest, "and did take and eat 
" the showbread, 9 which was not lawful 
" for him to eat, neither for them which 
"were with him, but only for the priests, 
" 10 and gave also to them which were 
12 Mat.xii.5-7. " with him ? 12 Or have ye not read in 
" the law, how that on the sabbath days 
"the priests in the temple profane the- 
"sabbath, and are blameless? But I 
" say unto you, That in this place is 
" one greater than the temple. But if 
"ye had known what this meaneth, I 
" will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye 
" would not have condemned the guilt- 



JESUS HEALS A MAX WITH A WITHERED HAND. 71 



'' less." 13 And he said unto them, '' The ^ik.ii. 27,28. 

f* sabbath was made for man, and not 

"man for the sabbath: therefore the 

ci Son of man is Lord 14 even of the sab- l4 Mat. xii. s. 

$ bath day." 

15 And when he was departed thence, 15 Alat. xii. 9. 
16 it came to pass also on another sabbath, wLnke vi. 6. 
that he entered 17 again l5 into their syna- "Mk. iii. l, 2. 
gogue, 16 and taught : 18 and, behold there i« Mat xii 10 
was a man 17 there 16 whose right hand 
was withered. 19 And the scribes and 19 Luke vi. 7. 
pharisees watched him, whether he would 
heal 17 him 19 on the sabbath day : 18 and 
they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to 
heal on the sabbath days ? 19 that they 
might find an accusation against him. 
*But he knew their thoughts, and said 20 Lukevi.s, p. 
to the man which had the withered hand, 
u Eise up, and stand forth in the midst." 
And he arose, and stood forth. Then 
said Jesus unto them, " I will ask you 
" one thing ; Is it lawful on the sabbath 
"days to do good, or to do evil? to 
"save life, or to destroy it?' 5 21 But 21 Mark iii. 4. 
they held their peace. -And he said 23Mt.xii.ll 12. 
unto them, " What man shall there be 
" among you, that shall have one sheep, 
f and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath 
" day, will he not lay hold on it, and 
V lift it out ? How much then is a man 
|* better than a sheep ! Wherefore it is 



72 JESUS HEALS A MAN WITH A WITHERED HAND. 



" lawful to do well on the sabbath days." 
23Mark, iii. 5. 23 And when he had looked round about 
24 Luke, vL 10. on them 24 all 23 with anger, being grieved 
for the hardness of their hearts, he saith 
unto the man, " Stretch forth thine 
" hand." And he stretched it out : and 
2o Matt. xii. 13. j ian( j wa3 restored whole, ^like as 
26 Luke, vi. 11. the other. 26 And they were filled with 

madness : and communed one with ano- 
27Matt. xii. U. ther what they might do tQ Jegus 2 7 T}ien 

28Mark iii. 6. 28 the pharisees went forth, and straight- 
way took counsel with the Herodians 

against him, how they might destroy 
29Mat. xii. 15. hi m< 29B ut w i ien j esus k new i t? j ie 

30 Mk. iii. 7, 8. withdrew himself from thence 30 with his 
disciples to the sea : and a great multi- 
tude from Galilee followed him, and 
from Judsea, and from Jerusalem, and 
from Idurnsea, and from beyond Jordan ; 

3iMk.iii.8-l2. 29 and he i iea i e d them all. 31 And they 

about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, 
when they heard what great things he 
did, came unto him. 

And he spake to his disciples, that a 
small ship should wait on him because 
of the multitude, lest they should throng 
him. For he had healed many ; inso- 
much that they pressed upon him, for to 
touch him, as many as had plagues. 
And unclean spirits, when they saw him, 
fell down before him, and cried, saying, 



JESUS CHOOSES THE TWELVE AFOSTLES. 



73 



Thou art the Son of God. And he 

straitly charged them that they should 

not make him known : 32 that it might 3 -Mt.xii. 17-21 

be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias 

the prophet, saying, Behold my servant, 

whom I have chosen ; my beloved, in 

whom my soul is well pleased : I will 

put my spirit upon him, and he shall 

show judgment to the Gentiles. He 

shall not strive, nor cry ; neither shall 

any man hear his voice in the streets. 

A bruised reed shall he not break, and 

smoking flax shall he not quench, till 

he send forth judgment unto victory. 

And in his name shall the Gentiles trust. 

*And it came to pass in those days, S3 Lk.vi.i2,i3. 
that he went out into a mountain to 
pray, and continued all night in prayer 
to God. And when it was day, he called 
unto him his disciples, 34 whomhe would : ^Markiii. 13. 
and they came unto him : ,33 and of them 
he chose twelve, whom he named apos- 
tles. 35 And he ordained the twelve, that 35 Mk.iii.n,io. 
they should be with him, and that he 
might send them forth to preach ; and 
36 he gave them power against unclean 36 Mat. x. l, 2. 
spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all 
manner of sickness and all manner of 
disease. Now the names of the twelve 
apostles are these ; the first, Simon, 
37 whom he also 38 surnamecl Peter, 37 and 38Mark iii*. 16* 

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74 JESUS CHOOSES THE TWELVE APOSTLES. 



39 Mark,iii. 17. Andrew his brother; 39 and James the 
son of Zebedee, and John the brother 
of James; and he surnamed them Boa- 
nerges, which is, The sons of thunder : 

4 °Maik,iii .iS.4o ancl Philip and Bartholomew; 41 Tho- 
41 Matt. x. 3. J - . 

mas, and Matthew the publican ; 40 and 

James the son of Alphseus ; and Simon 

42 Luke, vi. 15. the Canaanite, 42 called Zelotes ; 43 and 

4 ^Luke, vi. 16. j uc i as the brother of James, 41 whose sur- 

^Mark, iii. 19. name was Thaddseus (or Lebba3us;) ^and 

Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him. 

45 Lk. vi. 17—- 45 And he came clown with them, and 

vn * 6 * stood in the plain, and the company of 

his disciples, and a great multitude of 

people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, 

and from the sea coast of Tyre and 

Sidon, which came to hear him, and to 

be healed of their diseases ; and they 

that were vexed with unclean spirits : 

and they were healed. And the whole 

multitude sought to touch him : for 

there went virtue out of him, and healed 

them all. 

And he lifted up his eyes on his dis- 
ciples, and said, " Blessed be ye poor : 
"for yours is the kingdom of God. 
" Blessed are ye that hunger now : for 
"ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that 
" weep now : for ye shall laugh. Blessed 
" are ye, when men shall hate you, and 
"when they shall separate you from 



JESUS PRONOUNCES BLESSINGS AND WOES. 



75 



" their company, and shall reproach you, 
" and cast out vour name as evil, for the 
" Son of man's sake. Rejoice ye in that 
" day, and leap for joy: for, behold, 
" your reward is great in heaven : for in 
" the like manner did their fathers unto 
" the prophets. But woe unto you that 
" are rich ! for ye have received your 
" consolation. Woe unto you that are 
"full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto 
"you that laugh now! for ye shall 
" mourn and weep. Woe unto you. 
"when all men shall speak well of you ! 
"for so did their fathers to the false 
" prophets. 

" But I say unto you which hear, 
" Love your enemies, do good to them 
" which hate you, bless them that curse 
" you, and pray for them which despite- 
" fully use you. And unto him that 
" smiteth thee on the one cheek offer 
" also the other ; and him that taketh 
" away thy cloak forbid not to take thy 
" coat also. Give to every man that ask- 
" eth of thee ; and of him that taketh 
" away thy goods ask them not again. 
" And as ye would that men should do 
" to you, do ye also to them likewise. 
" For if ye love them which love you, 
" what thank have ye ? for sinners also 
" love those that love them. And if ye 



70 JESUS EXHORTS TO MERCY AND JUSTICE. 

" do good to them which do good to 
" you, what thank have ye ? for sin- 
" ners also do even the same. And if 
" ye lend to them of whom ye hope to 
" receive, what thank have ye ? for sin- 
6i ners also lend to sinners, to receive as 
" much again. But love ye your enemies, 
" and clo good, and lend, hoping for 
" nothing again ; and your reward shall 
" be great, and ye shall be the children 
" of the Highest : for he is kind unto 

<k the unthankful and to the evil. Be ve 

j 

" therefore merciful, as your Father also 
" is merciful. Judge not, and ye shall 
"not be judged : condemn not, and ye 
" shall not be condemned : forgive, and 
" ye shall be forgiven : give, and it shall 
4 'be given unto you; good measure, 
" pressed down, and shaken together, 
" and running over, shall men give into 
" your bosom. For with the same mea- 
" sure that ye mete withal it shall be 
" measured to you again." 

And he spake a parable unto them, 
" Can the blind lead the blind ? shall 
64 they not both fall into the ditch ? 
" The disciple is not above his master: 
" but every one that is perfect shall be as 
" his master. And why beholdest thou 
" the mote that is in thy brother's eye, 
i6 but perceivest not the beam that is in 



JESUS EXHORTS TO SINCERITY 



1 thine own eye ? Either how canst 
1 thou say to thy brother, Brother, let 
' me pull out the mote that is in thine 
1 eye, when thou thyself beholdest not 
k the beam that is in thine own eye ? 
' Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam 
"' out of thine own eye, and then shalt 
' thou see clearly to pull out the mote 
' that is in thy brother's eye. 

" For a good tree bringeth not forth 
"corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt 
" tree bring forth good fruit. For every 
" tree is know^n by his own fruit. For 
e< of thorns men do not gather figs, nor 
" of a bramble bush gather they grapes. 
' J A good man out of the good treasure 
" of his heart bringeth forth that which 
is good ; and an evil man out of the 
" evil treasure of his heart bringeth 
" forth that which is evil : for of the 
" abundance of the heart his mouth 
" speaketh. 

" And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, 
" and do not the things which I say ? 
" Whosoever cometh to me, andheareth 
■* my sayings, and doeth them, I will 
t; show you to whom he is like : he is 
" like a man which built an house, and 
" digged deep, and laid the foundation 
M on a rock : and when the flood arose, 
" the stream beat vehemently upon that 



78 JESUS HEALS THE CENTURIONS SERVANT. 



" house, and could not shake it : for it 
" was founded upon a rock. But he 
" that heareth, and doeth not, is like a 
" man that without a foundation built 
" an house upon the earth ; against 
" which the stream did beat vehemently, 
" and immediately it fell ; and the ruin 
" of that house was great." 

Now when he had ended all his say- 
ings in the audience of the people, he 
entered into Capernaum. And a certain 
centurion's servant, who was dear unto 
him was sick, and ready to die. And 
when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto 
him the elders of the Jews, beseeching 
him that he w r ould come and heal his 
servant. And when they came to Jesus, 
they besought him instantly, saying, 
That he was worthy for whom he should 
do this : for he loveth our nation, and 
he hath built us a synagogue. Then 
Jesus went with them. And when he 
was not far from the house, the centu- 
rion sent friends to him, saying unto 
46Mat.viii.5-8. him, Lord, trouble not thyself. 46 And 
there came unto him the centurion, be- 
seeching him, and saying, Lord, my 
servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, 
grievously tormented. And Jesus saith 
unto him, " I will come and heal him." 
The centurion answered and said, Lord,, 



JESUS HEALS THE CENTURION'S SERVANT. 79 

I am not worthy that thou shouldest 
come under my roof : 4T wherefore nei- 47 Luke, vii, 7. 
ther thought I myself worthy to come 
unto thee : 46 but speak the word only, 
and my servant shall be healed. ^For ^Lk. vii. 8, 9. 
I also am a man set under authority, 
having under me soldiers, and I say 
unto one, Go, and he goeth ; and to 
another, Come, and he cometh ; and to 
my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. 
When Jesus heard these things, he mar- 
velled at him, and turned him about, 
and said unto the people that followed 
him, 49 "Yerily, I say unto you, I have 49Mt.viii.io- 13 
w not found so great faith, no, not in 
" Israel. And I say unto you that many 
" shall come from the east and west, 
" and shall sit down with Abraham, and 
" Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of 
" heaven. But the children of theking- 
" dom shall be cast out into outer dark- 
"ness: there shall be weeping and 
" gnashing of teeth." And Jesus said 
unto the centurion, " Go thy way ; and 
" as thou hast believed, so be it done 
" unto thee." And his servant was 
, healed in the self-same hour. ^And soLk. vii. 10-18 
thpy that were sent, returning to the 
house, found the servant whole that had 
been sick. 

And it came to pass the day after, 



NO JESUS RAISES THE WIDOW'S SON, AT NAIN. 



that he went into a city called Nam ; 
and many of his disciples went with him, 
and much people. Now when he came 
nigh to the gate of the city, behold, 
there was a dead man carried out, the 
only son of his mother, and she was a 
widow : and much people of the city 
was with her. - And when the Lord saw 
her, he had compassion on her, and said 
unto her, " Weep not." And he came, 
and touched the bier : and they that 
bare him stood still. And he said, 
" Young man, I say unto thee, Arise." 
And. he that was dead sat up, and began 
to speak. And he delivered him to his 
mother. And there came a fear on all : 
and they glorified God, saying, That a 
great prophet is risen up among us ; 
and, That God hath visited his people. 
And this rumour of him went forth 
throughout all Judsea, and throughout 
all the region round about. 

And the disciples of John showed him 

51 Matt. xi. 2. of all these things. 51 Now when John 
had heard in the prison the works of 

32 Lk. vii,i9-22 Christ, he, 52 calling unto him two of his 
disciples, sent them to Jesus, saying, 
Art thou he that should come ? or look 
we for another? When the men were 
come unto him, they said, John Baptist 
hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou 



JOHN SENDS TWO DISCIPLES TO JESUS. 



81 



he that should come ? or look we for 

another ? And in the same hour he 

cured many of their infirmities and 

plagues, and of evil spirits ; and unto 

many that were blind he gave sight. 

Then Jesus answering said unto them, 

" Go vour way, and tell John what things 

" ye have seen and heard ; how that ""the ss^att^ xi. 5. 

" blind receive their sight, and the lame 

"walk, 52 the lepers are cleansed, the 

u deaf hear, S3 the dead are raised up, and 

<f the poor have the Gospel preached to 

" them. ^And blessed is he, whosoever 54Matt. xi. 6. 

(( shall not be offended in me." 

•^And when the messengers of John 55x^^1,24,25. 
were departed, he began to speak unto 
the people concerning John. "What 
I " went ye out into the wilderness for to 
" see ? A reed shaken with the wind ? 
" But what went ye out for to see ? A 
"man clothed in soft raiment ? Behold, 
" they which ^wear soft clothing, 57 are ssMatt. xi. 8. 
"gorgeously apparelled and live deli- 57 Lk.yii. 25,? . 
u cately, are in king's courts. But what 
" went ye out for to see ? A prophet ? 
" Yea, I say unto you, and much more 
" than a prophet. 58 For 59 this is he, of ^Matt. xi. 10. 
" whom it is written, Behold, I send my oGLk • vu ' 27 • 
'•'messenger before thy face, which shall 
" prepare thy way before thee. "Verily eoMatt. xi. 11. 
" I say unto you, Among them that are 
M 



82 JESUS ADDRESSES THE PEOPLE CONCERNING JOHN. 



" born of women there hath not risen a 
61 Lk.vii. 28. " greater 61 prophet than John the Bap - 
62 Mt.xi.ii-i5. " tist : ^notwithstanding he that is least 
" in the kingdom of heaven is greater 
" than he. And from the days of John 
" the Baptist until now the kingdom of 
" heaven suffereth violence, and the vio- 
" lent take it by force. For all the 
i( Prophets and the law prophesied until 
" John. And if ye will receive it, this 
" is Elias, which was for to come. He 
(i that hath ears to hear, let him hear/' 
63 Lk.vii.29-35 63 And all the people that heard him, and 
the publicans, justified God, being bap- 
tized with the baptism of John. But 
the pharisees and lawyers rejected the 
counsel of God against themselves, being 
not baptized of him. 

And the Lord said, " Whereunto then 
" shall I liken the men of this genera- 
(i tion ? and to what are they like ? 
" They are like unto children sitting in 
"the market-place, and calling one to 
" another, and saying, We have piped 
" unto you, and ye have not danced ; 
<( we have mourned to you, and ye have 
" not wept. For John the Baptist came 
" neither eating bread nor drinking wine ; 
" and ye say, he hath a devil. The Son of 
" man is come eating and drinking ; and 
" ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and 



JESUS UFBRAIDS THE IMPENITENT CITIES. 83 

" a winebibber, a friend of publicans 
" and sinners ! But wisdom is justified 
" of all her children." 

**Then began he to upbraid the cities «Mt.xi.20-30. 
wherein most of his mighty works were 
done, because they repented not : "Woe 
" unto thee, Chorazin ! Woe unto thee, 
"Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, 
" which were done in you, had been done 
" in Tyre and Sidon, they would have 
"repented long ago in sackcloth and 
" ashes. But I say unto you, It shall 
" be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon 
M at the day of judgment, than for you. 
" And thou, Capernaum, which art ex- 
"alted unto heaven, shalt be brought 
" down to hell : for if the mighty works 
" which have been done in thee, had 
" been done in Sodom, it would have 
" remained until this day. But I say 
w unto you, That it shall be more tole- 
" rable for the land of Sodom in the day 
" of judgment, than for thee/' 

At that time Jesus answered and said, 
u I thank thee, 0 Father, Lord of hea- 
" ven and earth, because thou hast hid 
" these things from the wise and pru- 
" dent, and hast revealed them unto 
" babes. Even so, Father : for so it 
" seemed good in thy sight. All things 
" are delivered unto me of my Father : 



84 



JESUS INVITES THE HEAVY LADEN. 



" and no man knoweth the Son, but the 
" Father ; neither knoweth any man the 
" Father, save the Son, and he to whom- 
" soever the Son will reveal him. Come 
" unto me, all ye that labour and are 
" heavy laden, and I will give you rest 
" Take my yoke upon you, and learn of 
" me ; for I am meek and lowly in 
" heart : and ye shall find rest unto 
" your souls. For my yoke is easy, and 
" my burden is light." 

^And one of the pharisees desired 
him that he would eat with him. And 
he went into the pharisees house, and 
sat down to meat. And, behold, a 
woman in the city, which was a sinner, 
wdien she knew that Jesus sat at meat 
in the pharisee's house, brought an ala- 
baster box of ointment, and stood at his 
feet behind him weeping, and began to 
wash his feet with tears, and did w T ipe 
them with the hairs of her head, and 
kissed his feet, and anointed them with 
the ointment. Now when the pharisee 
which had bidden him saw it, he spake 
within himself, saying, This man, if he 
were a prophet, would have known who 
and what manner of woman this is that 
toucheth him : for she is a sinner. And 
Jesus answering said unto him, " Simon, 
C( I have somewhat to say unto thee/ 5 



A WOMAN ANOINTS THE FEET OF JESUS. 



And he saith, Master, say on. " There 
u was a certain creditor which had two 
" debtors : the one owed five hundred 
i( pence, and the other fifty. And when 
" they had nothing to pay, he frankly 
u forgave them both. Tell me there - 
" fore, which of them will love him 
"most?" Simon answered and said, I 
suppose that he, to whom he forgave 
most. And he said unto him, " Thou 
" hast rightly judged. And he turned 
to the woman, and said unto Simon, 
" Seest thou this woman ? I entered 
" into thine house, thou gavest me no 
''water for my feet: but she hath 
" washed my feet with tears, and wiped 
" them with the hairs of her head. 
" Thou gavest me no kiss : but this 
" woman since the time I came in hath 
" not ceased to kiss my feet. My head 
with oil thou didst not anoint : but 
"this woman hath anointed my feet 
" with ointment. Wherefore I say unto 
w thee, Her sins, which are many, are 
" forgiven ; for she loved much : but to 
" whom little is forgiven, the same loveth 
" little." And he said unto her, "Thy 
" sins are forgiven." And they that sat 
at meat with him began to say within 
themselves, Who is this that forgiveth 
sins also ? And he said to the woman, 



86 



JESUS CASTS OUT A DEVIL. 



" Thy faith hath saved thee ; go in 
<£ peace." 

And it came to pass afterward, that 
he went throughout every city and vil- 

6B Matt. ix. 35. lage, 66 teaehing in their synagogues, and 

6 ?Luke viii. l. 67 preaching, and showing the glad tidings 
of the kingdom of God, 66 and healing 
every sickness and every disease among 

68 Lk. viik 1-3. the people. 68 And the twelve were with 
him, and certain women which had been 
healed of evil spirits and infirmities, 
Mary called Magdalene, out of whom 
went seven devils, and Joanna the wife 
of Chuza (Herod's steward,) and Susan- 
na, and many othefs, which ministered 
unto him of their substance. 

esMk.iii. 19-21 ^And they went into an house. And 
the multitude cometh together again, so 
that they could not so much as eat 
bread. And when his friends heard of 
it, they went out to lay hold on him : 
for they said, He is beside himself. 

70 Matt.xii.22. 70 Then was brought unto him one 
possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb : 

71 Lukexi. 14. and he healed him, insomuch that 71 it 
came to pass, when the devil was gone 

72 Mt.xii.22-24 out, 72 the blind and dumb both spake 
and saw. And all the people were 
amazed, and said, Is not this the Son 
of David ? But when the pharisees 
heard it, they said, This fellow doth not 



IS ACCUSED OF DOING SO THROUGH BEELZEBUB. 87 

cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the 
prince of the devils. 73 And the scribes 73 Markiii. 22. 
which came down from Jerusalem said, 
He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince 
of the devils casteth he out devils. 
74 And others, tempting him, sought of ^I/akexi. 16, 
him a sign from heaven. 75 And Jesus 75 Mat. xii. 25. 
knew their thoughts ; 76 and he called 76 Mk.iii.23 24, 
them unto him, and said unto them in 
parables, " How can Satan cast out 
" Satan ? And if a kingdom be divided 
" against itself, that kingdom cannot 
" stand, 75 and is brought to desolation ; 
" and every city or house divided against 
" itself shall not stand. 77 And if Satan 77 Markiii.26 s 
" rise up against himself, and be divided, 
" he cannot stand, but hath an end. 
" 78 And if Satan cast out Satan, he is 78 Mat. xii. 26. 
" divided against himself ; how then 
" shall his kingdom stand? ^because 79 Lukexi. 18. 
u ye say that I cast out devils through 
" Beelzebub. ^And if I by Beelzebub ^Mt.xii.2728. 
" cast out devils, by whom do your 
i£ children cast them out ? therefore 
*' they shall be your judges. But if I 
" cast out devils 81 with the finger of 81 Luke xi. 20. 
i( God, and m by the Spirit of God, then 
I " 81 no doubt the kingdom of God is come 
" upon you. S -When a strongman armed -Lk.xi. 21,22. 
" keepeth his palace, his goods are in 
" peace : but when a stronger than he 



88 JESUS ACCUSES THE JEWS WITH BLASPHEMY, 



" shall come upon him, and overcome 
" him, he taketh from him all his armour 
" wherein he trusted, and divideth his 

^Mt.xii^-Si " spoils. 83 0r else how can one enter 
" into a strong man's house, and spoil 

B *Markiii. 27. "his goods, except he ^will first 83 bind 
" the strong man ? and then he will spoil 
" his house. He that is not with me is 
" against me ; and he that gathereth not 
" with me scattereth abroad. Wherefore 

^Mark iii.28. " 85 verily I say unto you, All ^manner of 
C( 85 sins shall be forgiven unto the sons 
" of men, and blasphemies wherewith 

86 Mt.xii.3i32. " soever they shall blaspheme : 86 but the 
" blasphemy against the Holy Ghost 
" shall not be forgiven unto men. And 
(( whosoever speaketh a word against the 
" Son of man, it shall be forgiven him : 
" but whosoever speaketh against the 

s7Mk,iii.29 30. "Holy Ghost, it shall 87 never 86 be for- 
" given him, neither in this world, nei- 
" ther in the world to come ; 87 but he is 
(( in danger of eternal damnation :" be- 
cause they said, He hath an unclean 

S8 Mt.xiL33-37 spirit. " 88 Either make the tree good, and 
" his fruit good ; or else make the tree 
" corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the 
" tree is known by his fruit. 0 genera- 
" tion of vipers, how can ye, being evil, 
" speak good things ? for out of the 
" abundance of the heart the mouth 



JESUS ACCUSES THE JEWS WITH BLASPHEMY. 89 



" speaketh. A good man out of the 
"good treasure of the heart bringeth 
"forth good things: and an evil man 

• " out of the evil treasure bringeth forth 
" evil things. But I say unto you, That 
" every idle word that men shall speak, 
" they shall give account thereof in the 
" day of judgment. For by thy words 
"thou shalt be justified, and by thy 
" words thou shalt be condemned. ^When 89 Mt.xii.43-45 
u the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, 
" he walketh through dry places, seeking 
" rest, and findeth none. Then he saith, 
" I will return into my house from whence 
" I came out ; and when he is come, 
" he findeth it empty, swept, and gar- 
nished. Then goeth he, and taketh 
" with himself seven other spirits more 
" wicked than himself, and they enter in 
" and dwell there : and the last state of 
" that man is worse than the first. 

[ " Even so shall it be also unto this 
" wicked generation." 

90 'And when the people were gathered ^Lukexi. 29. 

j thick together, 91 then certain of the 91 Mt.xii.38 39. 

j scribes and of the pharisees answered, 

I saying, Master, we would see a sign 

- from thee. But he answered and said 
unto them ^"Tliis is an evil 91 and adul- 

: " terous generation : ^they seek 91 after ^a 
u sign ; and there shall no sign be given 

N 



90 JESUS REPROVES THE JEWS FOR SEEKING A SIGN. 



"it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. 

9 2 Lukexi. 30. " 92 For as Jonas was a sign unto the 
" Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man 

ssMat. xii. 40. " be to this generation : 93 for as Jonas 
66 was three days and three nights in the 
" whale's belly; so shall the Son of man 
"be three days and three nights in the 

9±Luke xi. 32. " heart of the earth. 94 The men of 
" Nineveh shall rise up in the judgment 
"with this generation, and shall con- 
demn it: for they repented at the 
"preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a 

95 Luke, xi, 31. "greater than Jonas is here. 95 The 
" queen of the south shall rise up in the 
"judgment with the men of this gene- 

96 Mat. xii. 42. " ration, and 96 shall 95 condemn them : for 
" she came from the utmost parts of the 
" earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon ; 
" and, behold, a greater than Solomon 

9 ?Lk.xi.33-36. "is here. 97 No man, when he hath 
" lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret 
" place, neither under a bushel, but on 
" a candlestick, that they which come in 
" may see the light. The light of the 
" body is the eye : therefore when thine 
" eye is single, thy whole body also is 
" full of light ; but when thine eye is 
" evil, thy body also is full of darkness. 
" Take heed therefore that the light 
" which is in thee be not darkness. If 
"thy whole body therefore be full of 



HIS MOTHER AND BRETHREN SEEK JESUS. 91 



" light, having no part dark, the whole 
" shall be full of light, as when the bright 
" shining of a candle doth give thee light." 

?s And it came to pass, as he spake 9 ^ Lk - X1 - 27 ' 28 - 
these things, a certain woman of the 
company lifted up her voice, and said 
unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare 
thee, and the paps which thou hast 
sucked. But he said, "Yea, rather. 
" blessed are they that hear the word of 
" God, and keep it." 

"While he yet talked to the people, "Mat. xii. 46. 
behold, 100 there came his brethren and l00 Mk. iii. 31. 
his mother, "desiring to speak with him, 
! and could not come at him for the press; iLuke viii. 19. 
2 and, standing without, sent unto him, ^^k. iii. 31, 32. 
calling him. And the multitude sat 
about him ; and 3 one said unto him, Be- 3 ^att. xii. 47. 
hold, thy mother and thy brethren stand 
without, 2 and seek for thee, Mesiring to ^Lukeviii. 20. 
see thee, and 5 to speak with thee. But 5Mt.xii.47,48 
he answered and said unto him that told 
him, "Who is my mother ? and who are 
"my brethren?" 6 And he looked round 6 Mark, iii. 34. 
about on them which sat about him, 7 and T^at. xii. 49. 
he stretched forth his hand toward his 
disciples, 8 and he answered and said un- & Lk. viii. 21. 
to them, " 7 Behold, 8 my mother and my 
" brethren are these which hear the word 
" of God and do it. 9 For whosoever 9 Matt. xii. 50. 
" shall do the will of my Father which 



92 



JESUS REPROVES THE PHARISEES. 



" is in heaven, the same is my brother, 
10 Markiii. 35. " 10 and my sister, and mother." 
n Lk.^xi : 37— "And as he spake, a certain pharisee 
besought him to dine with him : and he 
went in, and sat down to meat. And 
when the pharisee saw it, he marvelled 
that he had not first washed before din- 
ner. And the Lord said unto him, 
" Now do ye pharisees make clean the 
" outside of the cup and the platter; but 
"your inward pare is full of ravening 
" and wickedness. Ye fools, did not he 
" that made that which is without make 
" that which is within also ? But rather 
" give alms of such things as ye have ; 
" and, behold, all things are clean unto 
" you. But woe unto you, pharisees ! 
" for ye tithe mint and rue and all man- 
"ner of herbs, and pass over judgment 
" and the love of God : these ought ye 
" to have done, and not to leave the 
" other undone. Woe unto you, phari- 
" sees ! for ye love the uppermost seats 
"in the synagogues, and greetings in 
" the markets. Woe unto you, scribes 
"and pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are 
" as graves which appear not, and the 
" men that walk over them are not 
" aware of them." 

Then answered one of the lawyers, and 
said unto him, Master,, thus saying thou 



JESUS REPROVES THE LAWYERS. 



reproacliest us also. And lie said, "Woe 
" unto you also, ye lawyers ! for ye lade 
" men with burdens grievous to be borne, 
" and ye yourselves touch not the bur- 
" dens with one of your fingers. Woe 
" unto you ! for ye build the sepulchres 
" of the prophets, and your fathers kill- 
" ed them. Truly ye bear witness that 
u ye allow the deeds of your fathers : for 
" they indeed killed them, and ye build 
" their sepulchres. Therefore also said 
" the wisdom of God, I will send them 
"prophets and apostles, and some of 
" them they shall slay and persecute : 
" that the blood of all the prophets, 
" which was shed from the foundation 
u of the world, may be required of this 
fC generation ; from the blood of Abel 
"unto the blood of Zacharias, which 
" perished between the altar and the 
" temple : verily I say unto you, It shall 
" be required of this generation. Woe 
" unto you, lawyers ! for ye have taken 
" away the key of knowledge : ye enter 
" not in yourselves, and them that were 
" entering in ye hindered." 

And as he said these things unto 
them, the scribes and the pharisees began 
to urge him vehemently, and to provoke 
him to speak of many things : laying 
wait for him, and seeking to catch some- 



JESUS CAUTIONS HIS DISCIPLES. 



thing out of his mouth, that they might 
accuse him. 

In the mean time, when there were 
gathered together an innumerable mul- 
titude of people, insomuch that they 
trode one upon another, he began to say 
unto his disciples; " First of all, beware 
" ye of the leaven of the pharisees, which 
"is hypocrisy. For there is nothing 
" covered that shall not be revealed ; 
" neither hid, that shall not be known. 
" Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken 
" in darkness shall be heard in the light ; 
"and that which ye have spoken in the 
" ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon 
" the housetops. 

"And I say unto you, my friends, Be 
" not afraid of them that kill the body, 
" and after that have no more that they 
"can do. But I will forewarn you 
"whom ye shall fear: Fear him which 
" after he hath killed hath power to cast 
" into hell ; yea, I say unto you, Fear 
"him. Are not five sparrows sold for 
" two farthings ? and not one of them 
" is forgotten before God : but even the 
" very hairs of your head are all num- 
" bered. Fear not therefore : ye are of 
" more value than many sparrows. 

"Also I say unto you, Whosoever 
■ " shall confess me before men, him shall 



PARABLE OF THE RICH MAN , 



" the Son of man also confess before the 
" angels of God : but he that denieth 
" me before men shall be denied before 
M the angels of God. And whosoever 
" shall speak a word against the Son of 
" man, it shall be forgiven liim : but 
M unto him that blasphemeth against the 
"Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven, 

; And when they bring you unto the 
u synagogues, and unto magistrates, and 

'powers, take ye no thought how or 
* what thing ye shall answer, or what 
" ye shall say : for the Holy Ghost shall 
" teach you in the same hour what ye 
H ought to say/' 

And one of the company said unto 
him, Master, speak to my brother, that 
he divide the inheritance with me. And 
he said unto him, " Man, who made me 
" a judge or a divider over you ?" And 
he said unto them, " Take heed, and 
" beware of covetousness : for a man's 
"life consisteth not in the abundance 
"of the things which he possesseth." 
And he spake a parable, unto them, say- 
ing, " The ground of a certain rich man 
"brought forth plentifully: and he 
" thought within himself, saying, What 
" shall I do because I have no room 
u where to bestow my fruits ? And he 
H said, This will I do ; I will pull down 



PARABLE OF THE RICH MAN. 

" my barns, and build greater; and there 
"will I bestow all my fruits and my 
" goods. And I will say to my soul, 
" Soul, thou hast much goods laid up 
" for many years ; take thine ease, eat, 
" drink, and be merry. But God said 
" unto him, Thou fool, this night shall 
"thy soul be required of thee: then 
"whose shall those things be, which 
" thou hast provided ? So is he that 
" layeth up treasure for himself, and is 
" not rich toward God." 

And he said unto his disciples, "There- 
" fore I say unto you, Take no thought 
" for your life, what ye shall eat ; neither 
" for the body, what ye shall put on. 
" The life is more than meat, and the 
" body is more than raiment. Consider 
" the ravens ; for they neither sow nor 
" reap ; which neither have storehouse 
" nor barn ; and God feedeth them : 
" how much more are ye better than the 
" fowls ? And which of you with taking 
"thought can add to his stature one cu- 
" bit ? If ye then be not able to do that 
" thing which is least, why take ye 
" thought for the rest ? Consider the 
" lilies how they grow : they toil not, 
" they spin not ; and yet I say unto 
"you, That Solomon in all his glory 
" was not arrayed like one of these. If 



JESUS INCULCATES TRUST IN GOD. 



97 



" then God so clothe the grass, which 
" is to-day in the field, and to-morrow 
" is cast into the oven ; how much more 
" will he clothe you, 0 ye of little faith? 
" And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or 
" what ye shall drink, neither be ye of 
<k doubtful mind. For all these things 
" do the nations of the world seek after : 
<k and your Father knoweth that ye have 
41 need of these things. But rather seek 
" ye the kingdom of God; and all these 
<k things shall be added unto you. Fear 
" not, little flock ; for it is your Father's 
" good pleasure to give you the king- 
" dom. Sell that ye have, and give 
" alms ; provide yourselves bags which 
" wax not old, a treasure in the heavens 
" that faileth not, where no thief ap- 
" proacheth, neither moth corrupteth. 
" For where your treasure is, there will 
" your heart be also. 

" Let your loins be girded about, and 
''your lights burning; and ye your- 
' % selves like unto men that wait for their 
" lord, when he will return from the 
" wedding ; that when he cometh and 
" knocketh, they may open unto him 
" immediately. Blessed are those ser- 
£ ' vants, whom the lord when he cometh 
" shall find watching : verily I say unto 
" you, That he shall gird himself, and 
o 



JESUS INCULCATES WATCHFULNESS. 

" make them to sit down to meat, and 
" will come forth and serve them. And 
" if he shall come in the second watch, 
" or come in the third watch, and find 
" them so, blessed are those servants. 
" And this know, that if the good man 
" of the house had known what hour 
" the thief would come, he would have 
" watched, and not have suffered his 
" house to be broken through. Be yQ 
" therefore ready also : for the Son of 
" man cometh at an hour when ye think 
£( not." 

Then Peter said unto him, Lord, 
speakest thou this parable unto us, or 
even to all ? And the Lord said, " Who 
" then is that faithful and wise steward, 
" whom his lord shall make ruler over 
" his household, to give them their por- 
e: tion of meat in due season. Blessed 
" is that servant, whom his lord when 
" he cometh shall find so doing. Of a 
" truth I say unto you, that he will 
" make him ruler over all that he hath. 
" But and if that servant say in his 
" heart, My lord delayeth his coming ; 
''and shall begin to beat the men-ser- 
" vants and maidens, and to eat and 
" drink, and to be drunken ; the lord of 
C( that servant will come in a day when 
" he looketh not for him, and at an hour 



JESUS INCULCATES WATCHFULNESS. 

" when lie is not aware, and will cut 
£C him in sunder, and will appoint him 
" his portion with the unbelievers. And 
" that servant, which knew his lord's 
" will, and prepared not himself, neither 
" did according to his will, shall he 
beaten with many stripes. But he 
" that knew not, and did commit things 
" worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with 
" few stripes. For unto whomsoever 
" much is given, of him shall be much 
" required : and to whom men have 
fC committed much, of him they will ask 
" the more. 

" I am come to send fire on the earth ; 
;f and what will I, if it be already kin- 
" died ? But I have a baptism to be 
" baptized with ; and how am I strait- 
" ened till it be accomplished ! Suppose 
" ye that I am come to give peace on 
"earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather 
" division : for from henceforth there 
fct shall be five in one house divided, 
" three against two, and two against 
* 4 three. The father shall be divided 
" against the son, and the son against 
"the father; the mother against the 
" daughter, and the daughter against 
" the mother ; the mother-in-law against 
if her daughter-in-law, and the daughter- 
" in-law against her mother-in-law r .' 5 



100 JESUS REPROVES THE PEOPLE. 

And he said also to the people, 
" When ye see a cloud rise out of the 
" west, straightway ye say, There cometh 
" a shower ; and so it is. And when 
" ye see the south wind blow, ye say, 
" There will be heat ; and it cometh to 
" pass. Ye hypocrites, ye can discern 
" the face of the sky and of the earth ; 
" but how is it that ye do not discern 
" this time ? Yea, and why even of 
" yourselves judge ye not what is right? 
" When thou goest with thine adversary 
" to the magistrate, as thou art in the 
" way, give diligence that thou mayest 
" be delivered from him ; lest he hale 
" thee to the judge, and the judge deli- 
" ver thee to the officer, and the officer 
" cast thee into prison. I tell thee, 
" thou shalt not depart thence, till thou 
" hast paid the very last mite." 

There were present at that season 
some that told him of the Galilseans, 
whose blood Pilate had mingled with 
their sacrifices. And Jesus answering 
said unto them, " Suppose ye that these 
" Galilseans were sinners above all the 
" Galilseans, because they suffered such 
" things ? I tell you, Nay : but except 
" ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. 
" Or those eighteen, upon whom the 
<e tower in Siloam fell, and sle^r them, 



PARABLE OF THE BARREN FIG TREE. 



101 



" think ye that they were sinners above 
all men that dwelt in Jerusalem ? I 
" tell you, Nay : but except ye repent, 
" ye shall all likewise perish." 

He spake also this parable ; " A cer- 
" tain man had a fig tree planted in his 
" vineyard ; and he came and sought 
(i fruit thereon, and found none. Then 
" said he unto the dresser of his vine- 
" yard, Behold, these three years I come 
" seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find 
" none : cut it down ; why cumbereth it 
" the ground ? And he answering said 
"unto him, Lord, let it alone this year 
" also, till I shall dig about it, and dung 
" it : and if it bear fruit, well : and if 
" not, then after that thou shalt cut it 
" down." 

12 The same day went Jesus out of the ^Matt.xiii. 1. 
house, and sat by the sea side ; I3 and he l3 Mark iv. 1. 
began again to teach. l4 And great mul- i±Matt. xiii. 2. 
titudes were gathered together, 15 and ^Luke viii. 4. 
were come to him out of every city ; 
14 so that he went into a ship, and sat 13 in 
the sea ; 14 and the whole multitude 
stood 13 by the sea 14 on the shore. 16 And 16 Mk. iv. 2, 3. 
he taught them many things by para- 
bles, and said unto them in his doctrine, 

" Hearken ; behold there went out a 
a in • i is i -x 17 Luke viii. 5. 

sower to sow l7 his seed : 18 and it came isMark iv. 4. 

" to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the 



102 



PARABLE OF THE SOWER. 



" way side ; 17 and it was trodden down, 
" 18 and the fowls of the air came and 

19 Mk. iv. 5, 6. " devoured it up. 19 And some fell on 
" stony ground, where it had not much 
" earth ; and immediately it sprang up, 
" because it had no depth of earth : but 
" when the sun was up, it was scorched, 

20 Luke viii. 6. " 20 because it lacked moisture ; 19 and 
" because it had no root, it withered 

21 Luke viii. 7. " away. 21 And some fell among thorns ; 

" and the thorns sprang up with it, and 

22Mk. iv. 7, 8. " choked it, 22 and it yielded no fruit. 

i( And other fell on good ground, and 
" did yield fruit that sprang up and in- 

23Matt. xm. 8. « creased; and brought forth, 23 some an 
" hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some 

2 *Luke viii. 8. " thirtyfold." 24 And when he had said 
these things, he cried, "He that hath 
" ears to hear, let him hear." 

25 Mt.xiii 10,11 25 Ancl the disciples came, and said 
unto him, Why speakest thou unto them 
in parables ? He answered and said 
unto them, "Because it is given unto 
" you to know the mysteries of the king- 

26 Mark iv. 11. 66 dom of heaven, but to them 26 that are 

27Mt.xiiil2-l5 "without 25 it is not given. 27 For who- 
" soever hath, to him shall be given, 
" and he shall have more abundance : 
(i but whosoever hath not, from him shall 
" be taken away even that he hath. 
" Therefore speak I to them in parables : 



PARABLE OF THE SOWER. 



103 



"because they seeing see not; and 

" hearing they hear not, neither do they 

ff understand. And in them is fulfilled 

" the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, 

"By hearing ye shall hear, and shall 

" not understand ; and seeing ye shall 

" see, and shall not perceive : for this 

" people's heart is waxed gross, and 

" their ears are dull of hearing, and 

" their eyes have they closed ; lest at 

" any time they should see with their 

" eyes, and hear with their ears, and 

" should understand with their heart, 

" and should be converted, and I should 

" heal them, 28 and their sins should be ^Mark iv. 12. 

" forgiven them. ^But blessed are your 29 ^lt.xiii.i6,i7 

" eyes, for they see: and your ears, for 

" they hear. For verily I say unto you, 

" That many prophets and righteous 

" men have desired to see those things 

" which ye see, and have not seen them; 

" and to hear those things which ye 

" hear, and have not heard them." 

30 And when he was alone, they that ^Mark iv. 10. 
were about him with the twelve asked of 
him, 31 What might this parable be ? 31 Luke viii. 9. 
32 And he said unto them, " Know ye ^Mark iv. 13. 
cf not this parable ? and how then will 
" ye know all parables ? ^Hear ye 33 ^Iat.xiii. 18. 
" therefore the parable of the sower. 
"^Now the parable is this : the seed is ^Lukeviii.n. 



104 JESUS EXPOUNDS THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER. 



35 Mark iv. 14. 
36 Mat. xiii. 19. 

37 Mark iv. 15. 

3s Lukeviii.l2. 
39 Mt.xiii 19-21 



40 Luke viii.13. 



41 Mark iv. 17. 
*Mt.xiii.21,22 



43 Luke viii.14. 

^Mark iv. 19. 
45 Mat. xiii. 23. 



4e Mark iv. 20. 
47 Lukeviii. 15. 



the word of God. 35 The sower soweth 
the word. 36 When any one heareth 
the word of the kingdom, and under- 
standeth it not, then cometh the 
wicked one 37 immediately, and taketh 
away the word that was sown ^in his 
heart, 38 lest he should believe and be 
saved. 39 This is he which received 
seed by the way side. But he that 
received the seed into stony places, 
the same is he that heareth the word, 
and anon with joy receiveth it; yet 
hath he not root in himself, but dureth 
for a w T hile, ^and for a while be- 
Yieveth, and in time of temptation 
falleth away : 39 for, 41 afterward, 42 when 
tribulation or persecution ariseth be- 
cause of the word, by and by he is 
offended. He also that received seed 
among the thorns is he that heareth 
the word, 43 and goeth forth, 42 and the 
care of this Avorld, and the deceitful- 
ness of riches 43 and pleasures of this 
life, ^and the lusts of other things 
entering in, 42 choke the w r ord, and he 
43 hxmgeth no fruit to perfection. 45 But 
he that received seed into the good 
ground is he that heareth the word, 
46 and receiveth it, ^and understandeth 
it; which also 47 in an honest and good 
heart keeipeth it, and 45 beareth and 



JESUS EXPOUNDS THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER. 105 



u 4: hvmgeth forth fruit with patience, 
" 45 some an hundredfold, some sixty, 
" some thirty/' 

43 And he said unto them, ^No man, Jpffark iv. 21. 
''when he hath lighted a candle, cover- ,vm ' 
" eth it with a vessel, orputtethit under 
" a bed ; but setteth it on a candlestick, 
" that they which enter in may see the 
" light. For nothing is secret, that 
"shall not be made manifest; neither 
" any thing hid, that shall not be known 
u and come abroad. ' 50 If any man have w MkdvJ2Z,2l. 
" ears to hear, let him hear." And he 
" said unto them, 5l,; Take heed there- siLukeviii.18. 
" fore how ye hear : 50 with what measure 
" ye mete, it shall be measured to you : 
w and unto you that hear, shall more 
" be given. 5I For whosoever hath, to 
"hini shall be given; and whosoever 
u hath not, from him shall be taken 
" even that which he seemeth to have." 
52 And he said, "So is the kingdom of ®Mk.iv 26-29. 
" God, as if a man should cast seed into 
" the ground ; and should sleep, and 
" rise night and day, and the seed should 
" spring and grow up, he knoweth not 
" how. For the earth bringeth forth 
" fruit of herself; first the blade, then 
<£ the ear, after that the full corn in the 
<( ear. But when the fruit is brought 
" forth, immediately he putteth in the 
" sickle, because the harvest is come. ,J 
p 



1 00 PARABLES : THE GOOD SEED AND THE TAP V ES ; 



53 Mat. xiii. 24. 53 Another parable put he forth unto 
^Mark iv. 30. them, saying, 54U Whereunto shall I 
" liken the kingdom of God? or with 
"what comparison shall we compare it? 
55 Mt.xiii24-32 « MThe kingdom of heaven is likened 
" unto a man which sowed good seed in 
" his field : but while men slept, his 
" enemy came and sowed tares among 
" the wheat, and went his way. But 
" when the blade was sprung up, and 
" brought forth fruit, then appeared the 
" tares also. So the servants of the 
(C householder came, and said unto him, 
" Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy 
" field ? from whence then hath it tares ? 
" He said unto them, An enemy hath 
" done this. The servants said unto 
" him, Wilt thou then that we go and 
" gather them up ? But he said, Nay ; 
" lest while ye gather up the tares, ye 
(( root up also the wheat with them. 
" Let both grow together until the har- 
" vest : and in the time of harvest I will 
" say to the reapers, Gather ye together 
" first the tares, and bind them in bun- 
ee dies to burn them : but gather ye the 
<( wheat into my barn." 

Another parable put he forth unto 
them, saying, i( The kingdom of heaven 
(( is like to a grain of mustard seed, 
"which a man took and sowed in his 
ee field : which indeed is the least of all 



THE MUSTARD SEED \ THE LEAVEN, 



" seeds ^that be in the earth : but when 56Mk.iv.3l 

" it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh 

(l greater than all herbs, and shooteth 

" out great branches, 55 and becometh a 

" tree, so that the birds of the air come 

" and lodge in the branches thereof, and 

" ^under the shadow of it." 

^Another parable spake he unto them; 5 "^It.xiii.3o 
u The kingdom of heaven is like unto 
(( leaven, which a woman took and hid 
"in three measures of meal, till the 
M whole was leavened." 

All these things spake Jesus unto the 
multitude in parables. 08 And with many ^Mk.iv.33, 
such parables spake he the word unto 
them, as they were able to hear it. But 
without a parable spake he not unto 
them : 59 that it might be fulfilled which -Mt.xiii.3-3 
was spoken by the prophet, saying, I 
will open my mouth in parables ; I 
will utter things which have been kept 
secret from the foundation of the world. 
Then Jesus sent the multitude away, 
and went into the house : ^and when 
they were alone, he expounded all things 
to his disciples. 

^And his disciples came unto him, «>Mt.xiii36 
saying, Declare unto us the parable of 
the tares of the field. He answered and 
said unto them, " He that soweth the 
" good seed is the Son of man ; the field 



108 THE HIDDEN TREASURE ; THE PEARL; THE NET. 

"is the world; the good seed are the 
" children of the kingdom ; but the tares 
" are the children of the wicked one ; 
" the enemy that sowed them is the 
" devil ; the harvest is the end of the 
" world ; and the reapers are the angels. 
" As therefore the tares are gathered and 
"burned in the fire; so shall it be in 
" the end of this world. The Son of 
" man shall send forth his angels, and 
" they shall gather out of his kingdom 
" all things that offend, and them which 
" do iniquity ; and shall cast them into 
" a furnace of fire : there shall be wail- 
"ing and gnashing of teeth. Then 
" shall the righteous shine forth as the 
"sun in the kingdom of their Father. 
" Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. 

"Again, the kingdom of heaven is 
" like unto treasure hid in a field ; the 
" which when a man hath found, he 
"hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and 
" selleth all that he hath, and buyeth 
" that field. 

"Again, the kingdom of heaven is 
"like unto a merchant man, seeking 
" goodly pearls : who, when he had 
" found one pearl of great price, went 
" and sold all that he had, and bought it. 

"Again, the kingdom of heaven is 
" like unto a net, that was cast into the 



PARABLE OF THE HOUSEHOLDER. 



109 



" sea, and gathered of every kind : which, 
" when it was full, they drew to shore, 
" and sat down, and gathered the good 
"into vessels, but cast the bad away. 
" So shall it be at the end of the world : 
" the angels shall come forth, and sever 
"the wicked from among the just, and 
" shall cast them into the furnace of 
" fire : there shall be Availing and gnash - 
" ing of teeth." 

Jesus saith unto them, "Have ye un- 
derstood all these things?" They say 
unto him, Yea, Lord. Then said he 
unto them, f< Therefore every scribe 
" which is instructed unto the kingdom 
"of heaven is like unto a man that is 
" an householder, which bringeth forth 
" out of his treasure things new and 
"old." 

And it came to pass, that when Jesus 
had finished these parables, he departed 
thence. 



SECTION IV. 



From the Calming of the Tempest on the Sea of 
Galilee, — to the Transfiguration of Jesus. 

.^^viiL22 iNow it came to pass, -the same day, 
3 Mat. vii'i. 18. when the even was come, 3 when Jesus 
saw great multitudes about him, 2 he 
saith unto them, "Let us pass over unto 
" the other side 1 of the lake." 
*Luke ix. 57. *And it came to pass, that, as they 
5 Mt.viii:i9,20. went in the way, 5 a certain scribe came, 
and said unto him, Master, I will follow 
thee whithersoever thou goest. And 
Jesus saith unto him, " The foxes have 
" holes, and the birds of the air have 
"nests; but the Son of man hath not 
6 Luke ix. 59. " where to lay his head." 6 And he said 

sjuT'ix^ 62* unt0 anot ^ ier 7 °f his disciples, 8 " Follow 
" "me." But he said, Lord, suffer me 
first to go and bury my father. Jesus 
saith unto him, " Let the dead bury their 
"dead: but go thou, and preach the 



JESUS STILLS TLIE TEMPEST. 



Ill 



"'kingdom of God.' 3 And another also 
said, Lord, I will follow thee ; hut let 
me first go hid them farewell, which are 
at home at my house. And Jesus said 
unto him, " Xo man, having put his 
"hand to the plough, and looking back, 
"is fit for the kingdom* of God." 

9 And when they had sent away the ^Mark iv. 36. 
multitude, they took him even as he was 
in the ship : w and his disciples followed ">Mat. ^iii. 23. 
him. ll And they launched forth. 9 And n Lk. viii. £2. 
there were also with him other little 
ships. I2 But as they sailed, he fell i2Lk. viii. 23. 
asleep. 13 And, behold, B there came 13 Mat. viii. 24. 
down a storm of wind on the lake, and 
,3 there arose a great tempest in the sea, 
u and the waves beat into the ship, i3 in- i^iark iv. 37. 
somuch that the ship was covered with 
the waves, 14 so that it was now full; 
,2 and they were in jeopardy. i3 But he 
was l5 in the hinder part of the ship, 15 Mark iv. 38. 
asleep on a pillow. 16 And his disciples ie\x ate T m 95. 
came to him, and awoke him, 15 and say 
unto him, l7 Master, Master, we perish! n^ukeviii 24, 
^Master, carest thou not that we perish ? 
16 Lord, save us. 18 And he said unto 18 Mark iv. 40. 
them, "Why are ye so fearful, 19 0 ye of i9Mat. viii. 26. 
"little faith? ^Where is your faith ? 20Luke viii. 2-5. 
c ' l8 How is it that ye have no faith?" 
^Then he arose, and rebuked the winds 
1T and the raging of the water, 21 and said 2i^ ar k £ v> 39, 



112 



JESUS STILLS THE TEMPEST. 



unto the sea, "Peace, be still.' 5 And 

the wind ceased, and there was a great 
33 Mat. viii. 27. calm. 22 But the men marvelled ; 23 and 
23Mark iv. 41. feared exceedingly, and said one to 

another, 19 What manner of man is this ! 

for he commandeth even the winds and 

water, and they obey him. 
^Markv. l. 24 And they came over unto the other 

side of the sea, into the country of the 
25 Mat. viii. 28. Gadarenes 25 a??d Gergesenes, 26 which is 

^Lukeviii.26. . , ~ ,., ° ' A \ , , 

" 7 Mark v. 2. over against Galilee. 2/ And when he 

2S Lukeviii.27. was come out of the ship, 28 and went 
forth to the land, 27 immediately there 

29 Mt.viii.28,29 met him 28 out of the city ^two possessed 
with devils, coming out of the tombs, 
exceeding fierce, so that no man might 
pass by that way. And, behold, they 
cried out, saying, What have we to do 
with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God ? art 
thou come hither to torment us before 
the time ? One of them 28 had devils long 
time, and ware no clothes, neither abode 

30 Mark v. 3. in any house, but 30 had his dwelling 
among the tombs ; and no man could 

31 Mk. v. 4-6. bind him, no, not with chains : 31 neither 
could any man tame him. And always, 
night and day, he was in the mountains, 
and in the tombs, crying, and cutting 
himself with stones. And when he saw 

32 Lukeviii.28. Jesus afar off, he ran, and 32 cried out, 
and fell down before him, and 31 worship- 



JESUS HEALS THE DEMONIAC. 



113 



ped him, 32 and with a loud voice said, 
What have I to do with thee, Jesus, 
thou Son of God most high ? 33 I adjure 33 Mk. v. 7,8. 
thee by God, that thou torment me not. 
For he said unto him, " Come out of 
" the man, thou unclean spirit/' 34 (For ^Luke viii.29. 
oftentimes it had caught him : and he 
was kept bound with chains and in fet- 
ters ; 35 and the chains had been plucked 35Mark v. 4. 
asunder by him, and the fetters broken 
in pieces, 36 and he was driven of the devil ^Lk.viii^^o 
into the wilderness.) And. Jesus asked 
him, saying, "What is thy name?" 
37 And he answered, saying, My name is 37 Mark v. 9. 
Legion: for we are many; 36 because 
many devils were entered into him. 
^And he besought him much that he ssMark y . io. 
would not send them away out of the 
country, ^and would not command them 39Lukeyiii.3l, 
to go into the deep. 40 And there was a 4o^ at viii 30 
good way off from them an herd of 
many swine feeding 41 on the mountain. 41 Lk.viii.32,33 
42 So 43 all the devils besought him, ^Mat. viii. 31. 
saying, 43 If thou cast us out, suffer us 43Markv - 12 - 
to go away, 43 that we may enter 42 into 
the herd of swine. "And forthwith "Mark v. 13. 
Jesus gave them leave; 45 and he said 45 -Mat. viii. 32. 
unto them, iS Go." 44 And the unclean 
spirits went out 41 of the man ; 45 and 
when they were come out, they went 
into the herd of swine: and, behold, 
Q 



114 



JESUS HEALS THE DEMONIAC. 



the whole herd of swine 44 ran violently 
down a steep place into the sea, (they 
were about two thousand;) and were 
«Lukeviii.34. choked in the sea. 46 When they that 
i7 Mark v. 14. fed 47 the swine 46 saw what was done, they 
^Mat. viii. 33. fled, 48 and went their ways into the city, 
and told every thing 46 in the city and in 
the country, 48 and what was befallen to 
49 Mat. viii. 34. the possessed of the devils. ^And, be- 
hold, the whole city came out to meet 
Jesus, 47 and to see what it was that was 
3 °Markv. 15. cl one . ^And they come to Jesus, and 
see him that was possessed with the 
51 Lk.viii.3o,36 devil, and had the legion, 51 and out of 
whom the devils were departed, sitting 
at the feet of Jesus clothed, and in his 
right mind : and they were afraid. They 
also which saw it told them by what 
means he that was possessed of the 
5 -Markv.i6,l7 devil was healed, 52 and also concerning 
53 Lukeviii.37. the swine. 53 Then the whole multitude 
of the country of the Gadarenes round 
about, 49 when they saw him, 52 began to 
pray him 49 that he would depart out of 
their coasts ; 53 for they were taken with 
great fear : and he went up into the ship, 
^Markv. 18. and returned back again. 54 And when 
55 Luke viii.38. ne wa s come into the ship, 55 the man out 
of whom the devils were departed be- 
sought him that he might be with him. 
»Mark v. 19. ^Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but 



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115 



57 sent him away, saying, " Return to 57Lk. v iii.38,39 

f ' thine own house, ,56 to thy friends, and 

" tell them how great things the Lord 

" hath done for thee, and hath had 

" compassion on thee." 57 And he went 

his way, ^and began to publish in De- ^Mark v. 20. 

eapolis, ^throughout the whole city, 

,58 how great things Jesus had done for 

him : and all men did marvel. 

^And it came to pass, that, when 59 Lukeviii.40. 
Jesus was °°passed over again by ship ^Mark v. 21. 
unto the other side, much people gathered 
unto him, and ^gladly received him : for 
they were all waiting for him. 61 And 61 Mat. Lx. l. 
he came into his own city, ^nigh unto 
the sea. 

62 And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at 62 Mt.ix.io-i8. 
meat in the house,* behold, many pub- 
licans and sinners came and sat down 
with him and his disciples. And when 
the pharisees saw it, they said unto his 
disciples, Why eateth your Master with 
publicans and sinners ? But when Jesus 
heard that, he said unto them, " They 
66 that be whole need not a physician, 
" but they that are sick. But go ye and 
" leam what that meaneth, I will have 
" mercy, and not sacrifice : for I am not 

* Though the circumstances of this meal are so 
similar to those of Levi's feast, (p. 63.) yet the 
occurrences are considered, by the best authori- 
ties, not to be identical. 



1] 6 JESUS ANSWERS JOHN'S DISCIPLES. 



" come to call the righteous, but sin- 
ss ners to repentance." 

Then came to him the disciples of 
John, saying, Why clo we and the pha- 
risees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not? 
And Jesus said unto them, " Can the 
" children of the bridechamber mourn, 
t£ as long as the bridegroom is with 
" them ? but the days will come, when 
" the bridegroom shall be taken from 
" them, and then shall they fast. No 
" man putteth a piece of new cloth unto 
" an old garment, for that which is put 
" in to fill it up taketh from the gar- 
" ment, and the rent is made worse. 
" Neither do men put new wine into old 
" bottles : else the bottles break, and the 
"wine runneth out, and the bottles 
" perish : but they put new wine into 
" new bottles, and both are preserved." 
While he spake these things unto 
ssMark v. 22. them, behold, 63 there cometh one of the 
rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; 
64 Luke viii.4i. and when he saw him, he 64 fell down at 
65 Mat. ix. 18. Jesus' feet, ^and worshipped him, ^and 
6s Mark v. 23. besought him greatly 64 that he would 
come into his house, 66 saying, My little 
daughter lieth at the point of death : I 
pray thee, come and lay thy hands on 
her, that she may be healed ; and she 
67 Luke viii.42. shall live : 67 for he had one only daugh- 



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117 



ter, about twelve years of age, and she 

lay a dying. ^And Jesus arose, and 6 ^Iatt. ix. 19. 

followed him, and so did his disciples; 

*and much people followed him, and ra Mark v. 24, 

thronged him. 

70 And, behold, a 71 certain 70 woman. -'^ at !' 
, . , ' j. j »i . £ (1 Mark v. 25. 

which was diseased with an issue ot 

blood twelve years. 7 -and had suffered ^Mark v. 26. 

many things of many physicians, and 

had 73 spent all her living upon physi- "sLuke viii.43. 

cians, neither could be healed of any, 

74 and was nothing bettered, but rather 74 Mk.v.26,27. 

grew worse, when she heard of Jesus, 

came in the press behind, and touched 

" 5 the hem of his garment: for she said 75 Mat.ix.20,21 

within herself, If I may but touch his 

garment, I shall be whole. 76 And 76 Mk. v. 29, 30. 

straightway the fountain of her blood 

was dried up ; and she felt in her body 

that she was healed of that plague. And 

Jesus immediately knowing in himself 

that virtue had gone out of him, turned 

him about in the press, and said, "Who 

"touched my clothes?" 77 When all 7T Lk. viii. 45. 

denied, Peter and they that were with 

him said 78 unto him, 77 Master 3 78 thou 78 Markv. 31. 

seest the multitude ^throng thee and 7S Lk.viii. 45,46 

press thee, and sayest thou, Who touched 

me? And Jesus said, " Somebody hath 

" touched me : for I perceive that virtue 

" is gone out of me/' 80 And he looked -Mark v. 32. 



118 JESUS RAISES THE DAUGHTER OF JAIRUS. 



round about to see her that had done 
81 Lk. viii. 47. this thing. 81 And when the woman saw 
82 Mark v. 33. that she was not hid, she came 82 fearing 
and trembling, knowing what was done 
B3Lk.yiii.47,48 i n her; 83 and falling down before him, 
she declared unto him before all the 
people for what cause she had touched 
him, and how she was healed immedi- 
ately. And he said unto her, "Daughter, 
"be of good comfort: thy faith hath 
84 Mark v. 34. " made thee whole ; go in peace, 84 and 
85 Mat. ix. 22. " be whole of thy plague/' &5 And the 
woman was made whole from that hour. 
86 Mark v. 35. 86 While he yet spake, there came from 
the ruler of the synagogue's house cer- 

"Si tain which said 8?to him > 88Th y dau g hter 

' is dead : why troublest thou the Master 
any further ? As soon as Jesus heard 
the word that was spoken, he saith unto 
the ruler of the synagogue, "Be not 

^Lukeviii.oO. "afraid: ^believe only, and she shall 

*>Mk.v. 37-39. "be made whole." ^And he suffered 
no man to follow him, save Peter, and 
James, and John the brother of James. 

91 Lukeviii.52. 91 And all wept and bewailed her. ^And 
he cometh to the house of the ruler of 
the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, 
and them that wept and wailed greatly. 

92 Mt.ix, 23,24. And when he was come in, 92 and saw 
the minstrels and the people making a 
noise, he said unto them, " Giye place : 



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119 



U9D why make ye this ado, and weep ? 

" 9l Weep not; "^for^the damsel is not 

" dead, but sleepeth." 93 And they laugh- 93 Lukeviii.o3. 

ed him to scorn, knowing that she was 

dead. 94 But when he had put them all ^Markv.40,41 

out, he taketh the father and the mother 

of the damsel, and them that were with 

him, and entereth in where the damsel 

was lying. And he took the damsel by 

the hand, and said unto her, " Talitha 

cunii"; which is, being interpreted, 

Damsel, I say unto thee, arise. 95 And ^Lukeviii.55. 

her spirit came again, and she arose 

straightway, ^and walked ; for she was ^Mark v. 42, 

of the age of twelve years : 95 and he 

commanded 97 that something should be 9T ^lark v. 43. 

given her to eat. 98 And her parents ^Lukeviii. 56. 

were astonished "with a great astonish- "Mk.v.42,43. 

ment : 98 but "he charged them straitly 

98 that they should tell no man what was 

done. 100 And the fame hereof went ^oMt.ix 26-34. 

abroad into all that land. 

And when Jesus departed thence, two 
blind men followed him, crying, and 
saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy 
on us. And when he was come into 
the house, the blind men came to him : 
and Jesus saith unto them, "Believe ye 
"that I am able to do this?" They 
said unto him, Yea, Lord. Then touched 
he their eyes, saying, "According to 



120 JESUS CASTS OUT A DUMB SPIRIT. 



"your faith be it unto you." And their 
eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly 
charged them, saying ; " See that no 
" man know it." But they, when they 
were departed, spread abroad his fame 
in all that country. 

As they went out, behold, they brought 
to him a dumb man possessed with a 
devil. And when the devil was cast out, 
the dumb spake : and the multitude 
marvelled, saying, It was never so seen 
in Israel. But the Pharisees said, He 
caste th out devils through the prince of 
the devils. 

iMarkvi. 1, 2. *And he went out from thence, and 
came into his own country ; and his dis- 
ciples follow him. And when the sab- 
bath day was come, he began to teach 

2 Mat. xiii. 54. 2 them in their synagogue, insomuch that 
'many hearing him were astonished, say- 

3 Mt.xiii. 55,56 ing, From whence 3 then 2 hath this man 
3 all 2 these things ? and what wisdom is 
this which is given unto him, that even 
such mighty works are wrought by his 

4 Markvi. 3-6. hands ? 4 Is not this the carpenter ? 3 Is 
not this the carpenter's son ? is not his 
mother called Mary ? and his brethren, 
James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas ? 
and his sisters, are they not all 4 here 
with us ? And they were offended at 
him. But Jesus said unto them, "A 



JESUS SENDS FORTH THE TWELVE APOSTLES. 121 



"prophet is not without honour, but in 
" his own country, and among his own 
"kin, and in his own house/' And he 
could there do no mighty work, save 
that he laid his hands upon a few sick 
folk, and healed them. And he marvel- 
led, because of their unbelief. And he 
went round about the villages teaching. 

5 But when he saw the multitudes, he 5 Mt.ix. 36-38. 
was moved with compassion on them, 
because they fainted, and were scattered 
abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. 
Then saith he unto his disciples, "The 
ft harvest truly is plenteous, but the la- 
bourers are few : pray ye therefore the 
" Lord of the harvest, that he would 
" send forth labourers into his harvest." 
6 Then he called his twelve disciples to- ti Luke ix. l. 
gether 7 unto him, and began to send -Mark vi. 7. 
them forth by two and two ; 6 and gave 
them power and authority over all 7 un- 
clean spirits, 8 and to cure diseases. 9 And 8 Lukeix. l. 
he sent them to preach the kingdom of 9Lllke 1X> 2 - 
God, and to heal the sick : 10 and com- wMat. x. 5-9. 
manded them, saying, " Go not into the 
" way of the Gentiles, and into any city 
i( of the Samaritans enter ye not: but go 
" rather to the lost sheep of the house 
" of Israel. And as ye go, preach, say- 
" ing, The kingdom of heaven is at 
cf hand. Heal the sick, cleanse the 



122 THE INSTRUCTIONS OF JESUS TO THE APOSTLES. 



" lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils : 
" freely ye have received, freely give. 
" Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor 
n Luke ix. 3. " brass in your purses : "take nothing 
12 Mark yi. 8. "for your journey, 12 save a staff only; 

"no scrip, no bread; "neither have two 
13 Mat. x. 10. " coats apiece ; "neither shoes, nor yet 
14 Mark vi. 9. " staves ; 14 but be shod with sandals : 
" 13 for the workman is worthy of his 
15 Mark vi. 10. « meat." 15 And he said unto them, 
16 Mat. x. 11. « ^Jnto whatsoever city or town ye shall 
" enter, enquire who in it is worthy ; and 
" 15 in what place soever ye enter into an 
" house, there abide till ye depart from 
17 Mt. x. 12-14. " that place. 17 And when ye come into an 
" house, salute it. And if the house be 
" worthy, let your peace come upon it : 
u but if it be not worthy, let your peace 
" return to you. And whosoever shall 
" not receive you, nor hear your words, 
" when ye depart out of that house or 
i g Luke ix. 5. " city, shake off the 18 very dust from 
19 Mark vi. n. " 19 under your feet for a testimony 
*°Mat. x. 15— " against them. 20 Verily I say unto 
X1, 1 ' "you, It shall be more tolerable for the 
" land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the 
u day of judgment, than for that city. 

" Behold, I send you forth as sheep 
" in the midst of wolves : be ye there- 
" fore wise as serpents, and harmless as 
" doves. But beware of men : for they 



THE INSTRUCTIONS OF JESUS TO THE APOSTLES, 

"will deliver you up to the councils, and 
£f they will scourge you in their syna- 
" gogues ; and ye shall be brought be- 
" fore governors and kings for my sake, 
<£ for a testimony against them and the 
" Gentiles. But when they deliver you 
" up, take no thought how or what ye 
" shall speak : for it shall be given you 
" in that same hour what ye shall speak. 
" For it is not ye that speak, but the 
6 ' Spirit of your Father which speaketh 
" in you. And the brother shall deliver 
" up the brother to death, and the father 
" the child : and the children shall rise 
" up against their parents, and cause 
" them to be put to death. And ye 
" shall be hated of all men for my name's 
" sake : but he that endureth to the end 
" shall be saved. But when they per- 
" secute you in this city, flee ye into 
" another : for verily I say unto you, 
" Ye shall not have gone over the cities 
" of Israel, till the Son of man be come. 
" The disciple is not above his master, 
" nor the servant above his lord. It is 
" enough for the disciple that he be as 
" his master, and the servant as his lord. 
" If they have called the master of the 
" house Beelzebub, how much more 
" shall they call them of his household ! 
" Fear them not therefore : for there is 



124 THE INSTRUCTIONS OF JESUS TO THE APOSTLES. 

" nothing covered that shall not be re- 
" vealed ; and hid, that shall not be 
" known. What I tell you in darkness, 
" that speak ye in light: and what ye 
u hear in the ear, that preach ye upon 
" the housetops. And fear not them 
ie which kill the body, but are not able 
(c to kill the soul : but rather fear him 
" which is able to destroy both soul and 
i( body in hell. Are not two sparrows 
" sold for a farthing ? and one of them 
tc shall not fall on the ground without 
" your Father. But the very hairs of 
" your head are all numbered. Fear ye 
(c not therefore, ye are of more value 
" than many sparrows. Whosoever 
£f therefore shall confess me before men, 
" him will I confess also before my 
" Father which is in heaven. But who- 
" soever shall deny me before men, him 
"will I also deny before my Father 
" which is in heaven. Think not that 
" I am come to send peace on earth : I 
" came not to send peace, but a sword. 
" For I am come to set a man at vari- 
" ence against his father, and the daugh- 
" ter against her mother, and the daugh- 
" ter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 
"And a mans foes shall shall be they 
£e of his own household. He that loveth 
" father or mother more than me is not 



THE INSTRUCTIONS OF JESUS TO THE APOSTLES. 125 

44 worthy of me : and he that loveth son 
44 or daughter more than me is not wor- 
44 thy of me. And he that taketh not 
44 his cross, and followeth after me, is not 
44 worthy of me. He that findeth his life 
44 shall lose it : and he that loseth his 
44 life for my sake shall find it. He that 
44 received! you receiveth me, and he 
44 that receiveth me receiveth him that 
44 sent me. He that receiveth a prophet 
44 in the name of a prophet shall receive 
44 a prophet's reward ; and he that receiv- 
4f eth a righteous man in the name of a 
44 righteous man shall receive a righteous 
44 man's reward. And whosoever shall 
44 give to drink unto one of these little 
44 ones a cup of cold water only in the 
44 name of a disciple, verily I say unto 
44 you, he shall in no wise lose his 
44 reward." 

And it came to pass, when Jesus had 
made an end of commanding his twelve 
disciples, he departed thence to teach 
and to preach in their cities. 21 And they siLuke ix. 6. 
departed, and went through the towns, 
preaching the gospel, 22 and that men 22 ^Ik.vi.i2,i3. 
should repent. And they cast out many 
devils, and anointed with oil many that 
were sick, and healed 21 every where. 

^At that time 24 king ^Herod, the f^Y™-' 1 ^' 

2i ALark vi. 14 -. 

tetrarch, heard of the fame of Jesus, 



126 JOHN THE BAPTIST BEHEADED BY HEROD. 



^Luke ix. 7. and 25 of all that was done by him ; 24 (far 
his name was spread abroad :) 25 and he 
was perplexed, because that it was said 
of some, that John was risen from the 

"Mark vi. is. dead swQthers said, 27 That Elias had 

2 'Luke ix. 8. . 

appeared : 2b and others said, That it is 

a prophet, or as one 27 of the old pro- 
28 Mark vi. 16. phets risen again. 28 But when Herod 
29 Luke ix. 9. heard thereof, he said, ^John have I 
beheaded, but who is this of whom I 
hear such things ? 23 And he said unto 
his servants, This is John the Baptist, 
28 vvhom I beheaded : he is risen from 
the dead ; 23 and therefore mighty works 
do show forth themselves in him. 29 And 
he desired to see him. 
30 Mark vi. 17. ^For Herod himself had sent forth 
and laid hold upon John, and bound 
31 Matt. xiv. 3. him, 31 and put him in prison for Hero- 
dias' sake, his brother Philip's wife : 30 for 
32 Mk.vi. 18-20. he had married her. 32 For John had 
said unto Herod, It is not lawful for 
thee to have thy brother's wife. There- 
fore Herodias had a quarrel against 
him, and would have killed him ; 
but she could not : for Herod feared 
John, knowing that he was a just 
man and an holy, and observed him ; 
and when he heard him, he did many 
»Mafc xiv. 5. things, and heard him gladly.. 33 And 
when he would have put him to death, 



JOHN THE BAPTIST BEHEADED BY HEROD. 127 



he feared the multitude, because they 
counted him as a prophet. 34 And when 34 Mk.\i.2l,22. 
a convenient day was come, that Herod 
on his birthday made a supper to his 
lords, high captains, and chief estates 
of Galilee ; and when the daughter of 
the said Herodias came in, and danced 
^before them, 36 and pleased Herod and 35 ^lat.xiv. 6, _ 
them that sat with him, the king said 3 ^ k ^ 1 '""" 2 °' 
unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever 
thou wilt, and I will give it thee. And he 
sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt 
ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the 
half of my kingdom. And she went 
forth, and said unto her mother, What 
shall I ask ? and she said, The head of 
John the Baptist. And she came in 
straightway with haste unto the king, 
and, 37 being before instructed of her s-Mat. xiv. 8. 
mother, 36 asked, saying, I will that 
thou give me 37 here 36 by and by in a 
charger the head of John the Baptist. 
38 And the king was exceeding sorry ; 38Mark vi. 26. 
^nevertheless 38 for his oath's sake, and s&Mat. xiv. 9. 
for their sakes which sat with him ^at 
meat, :i8 he would not reject her. 40 And 4 OJark vi. 27. 
immediately the king sent an execu- 
tioner, and commanded his head to be 
brought, and ^to be given her : 41 and he ^Mat.xiv. 10. 
40 went and beheaded 41 John in the prison, 
42 and brought his head in a charger, and ^Mk.vi. 28,29. 



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RETURN OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES. 



gave it to the damsel: and the damsel 
gave it to her mother. And when his 
disciples heard of it, they came and took 
up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb, 
*3Mat. xiv. 12. 43 and went and told Jesus. 
^Luke ix. 10. 44 And the apostles, when they were 
45 Mark vi. 30. returned, 45 gathered themselves together 
unto Jesus, and told him all things, 
both what they had done, and what thev 

Sk!Vui32l had tau .? ht - 46 When Jesus heard, 47 he 
said unto them, " Come ye yourselves 
(i apart into a desert place, and rest 
" awhile :" for there were many coming 
and going, and they had no leisure so 
much as to eat. And they departed by 

*8j 0 hn vi. l. ship 48 over the sea of Galilee, which is 
the sea of Tiberias. 44 And he took them, 
and went aside privately into a desert 
place belonging to the city called Beth- 

49 Mark vi. 33. saida. 49 And the people saw them de- 
parting, and many knew him, and ran 
afoot thither out of all cities, and out- 
went them, and came together unto him. 

50 John vi. 2-4. 50 And a great multitude followed him, 
because they saw his miracles which he 
did on them that were diseased. 

And Jesus went up into a mountain, 
and there he sit with his disciples. (And 
the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was 

«Luke ix. 11. nigh.) 51 And the people, when they 
knew it, followed him 46 on foot out of 



JESUS FEEDS FIVE THOUSAND MEN. 



129 



the cities. 52 When Jesus then 53 came JJJ^* 1 : 6m 

out, and 52 lifted up his eyes, and saw a 31 Y1 ' 

great company come unto him, he ^was 

moved with compassion towards them, 

because they were as sheep not having 

a shepherd : 51 and he received them, and 

spake unto them of the kingdom of God ; 

53 and he began to teach them many 

things ; ^ancl he healed 5l them that had ^,iat. xiv. 14. 

need of healing. 

i5 And when the day was now far ss^iark vi. 35. 
spent, ^and began to wear away, then ^huke ix. 12. 
came the twelve, and said unto him, 
Send the multitude away, that they may 
go into the towns and country round 
about, and lodge, 57 and buy themselves 5 "Mark vi. 36. 
bread ; for they have nothing to eat : 
^for we are here in a desert place, 55 and 
now the time is far passed. 58 He saith ssjohn vi. 5-7. 
unto Philip, " Whence shall we buy 
" bread, that these may eat ?" And this 
he said to prove him : for he himself 
knew what he would do. Philip answered 
him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread 
is not sufficient for them, that every one 
of them may take a little. 59 He answered, so^ark vi. 37. 
and said unto them, M " They need not ^viat.xiv. 16. 
" depart ; give ye them to eat." 61 And 61Mk y . 3 * 3g 
they say unto him, Shall we go and buy 
two hundred pennyworth of bread, and 
give them to eat ? He saith unto them, 
s 



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JESUS FEEDS FIVE THOUSAND MEN. 



"How many loaves have ye? go and 
6 2John vi. 8, 9. " see." 62 0ne of the disciples, Andrew, 
Simon Peter s brother, saith unto him, 
There is a lad here, which hath five 
barley loaves, and two small fishes : but 
what are they among so many ? 61 And 
63 Lk.ix.l3,l4. w h en they knew, they say, 63 We have no 
more but five loaves and two fishes ; 
except we should go and buy meat for 
all this people. (For they were about 
64 Mat. xiv. is, five thousand men.) 64 He said, "Bring 
65 Mark vi. 39. " them hither to me." &5 And he com- 
manded 63 his disciples ^to make all sit 
down 63 by fifties in a company 65 upon the 
rajohn vi. 10. green grass. ^(Now there was much 
C7 Luke ix. 15. grass in the place.) 67 And they did so, 
68 Mk.vi. 40,41. and made them all sit down 68 in ranks, 
by hundreds, and by fifties. And when 
he had taken the five loaves and the two 
fishes, he looked up to heaven, and 
G9 Jolm vi. 11. blessed, and brake the loaves; 69 and 
when he had given thanks, he distributed 
to the disciples, and the disciples to 
them that were set dow r n ; and likewise 
68 the two fishes divided he among them 
70 Mark vi. 42. all, 69 as much as they would. 70 And 
wjn.vi.12,13. they did all eat, and were filled. 71 When 
they were filled, he said unto his disci- 
ples, " Gather up the fragments that 
" remain, that nothing be lost." There- 
fore they gathered them together, and 



JESUS WALKS OX THE SEA. 



131 



filled twelve baskets with the fragments 

of the five barley loaves, 7 ~and of the J2 Mark vi. 43. 

fishes, ^which remained over and above 

unto them that had eaten. 73 And they ^Mark vi. 44. 

that did eat of the loaves were about 

five thousand men, 74 beside women and 74 Mat.xiv. 21. 

children. 75 Then those men, when they, 75j n< ^ ^ 1 . 5> 

had seen the miracle that Jesus did, 

said, This is of a truth that prophet that 

should come into the world. 

When Jesus therefore perceived that 
they would come and take him by force, 
to make him a king, 7t3 straightway he ^Mark vi. 45. 
constrained his disciples to get into the 
ship, 77 and to go before him unto the "Mat. xiv. 22. 
other side, 76 unto Bethsaida, 77 while he 
sent the multitudes away. 78 And when T8 Mat. xiv. 23. 
he had sent the multitudes away, he 
went up 7 " : again 78 into a mountain apart 
to pray. 79 And when even was now 7CJ Jn. vi. 16, 17. 
come, his disciples went down unto the 
sea, and entered into a ship, and went 
over the sea toward Capernaum. And 
it was now dark, and Jesus was not come 
to them. ^And the ship was in the s^iark vi. 47. 
midst of the sea, and he alone on the 
land. 81 And the sea arose by reason of sijo^iyi. is, 
a great wind that blew. 82 And he saw s»Mark vi. 4S. 
them toiling in rowing, 83 tossed with ^L&t. xiv. 24. 
waves, 82 for the wind was contrary unto 
them : and about the fourth watch of 



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JESUS WALKS ON THE SEA. 



8*Jolm vi. 19. the night, 84 when they had rowed about 
85 Mat. xiv. 25. five and twenty or thirty furlongs, ^Jesus 
went unto them, ^walking upon the sea, 
86 Mat. xiy. 26. and would have passed by them. ^And 
when the disciples saw 84 Jesus walking 
on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the 
87 Mark vi. 49. ship, 87 they supposed it had been a spirit, 
and ^they were troubled, saying, It is a 
88 Mark vi. 50. spirit ; and they cried out for fear : 88 for 
89 Mt.xiv.27-3I they all saw him. "But straightway 
Jesus spake unto them, saying, " Be of 
" good cheer; it is I ; be not afraid." 
And Peter answered him and said, Lord, 
if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on 
the water. And he said, " Come." And 
when Peter was come down out of the 
ship, he walked on the water, to go to 
Jesus. But when he saw the wind bois- 
terous, he was afraid ; and beginning to 
sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. 
And immediately Jesus stretched forth 
his hand, and caught him, and said unto 
him, " 0 thou of little faith, wherefore 
90 Mark vi. 51. " didst thou doubt ?" 90 And he went up 
91 John vi, 21, unto them into the ship. 91 Then they 
^Mat. xiv. 32. willingly received him. 92 And when they 
were come into the ship, the wind ceased : 
9, and immediately the ship was at the 
93 Mk.vi.5l,52. land whither they went. 93 And. they 
were sore amazed in themselves beyond 
measure, and wondered. For they con- 



JESUS IS FOLLOWED BY THOSE WHOM HE FED. 133 



sidered not the miracle of the loaves : 

for their heart was hardened. ^Then ^Mat. xiv. 33. 

they that were in the ship came and 

worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou 

art the Son of God. 

95 And when they had passed over, they 5coik.vi.53,. 54. 
came into the land of Gennesaret, and 
drew to the shore. And when they were 
come out of the ship, straightway they 
knew him. 96 And when the men of that ^Mat. xiv. 35. 
place had knowledge of him, they sent 
out into all that country round about, 
97 and began to carry about in beds those ^Mark vi. 55. 
that were sick, where they heard he 
was; 98 and brought unto him all that 9 ^It.xiv.35,36 
were diseas-d ; and besought him that 
they might only touch the hem of his 
garment: and as many as touched were 
made perfectly whole. 

"The day following, when the people p9 Johnvi.22 - 
which stood on the other side of the sea Y11, l ' 
saw that there was none other boat 
there, save that one whereinto his dis- 
ciples were entered, and that Jesus went 
not with his disciples into the boat, but 
that his disciples were gone away alone ; 
(howbeit there came other boats from 
Tiberias nigh unto the place where they 
did eat bread, after that the Lord had 
given thanks:) when the people there- 
fore saw that Jesus was not there, 



134 THE DISCOURSE OF JESUS IN THE SYNAGOGUE. 

neither his disciples, they also took ship- 
ping, and eame to Capernaum, seeking 
for Jesus. And when they had found 
him on the other side of the sea, they 
said unto him, Kabbi, when earnest thou 
hither? Jesus answered them and said, 
" Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek 
" me, not because ye saw the miracles, 
" but because ye did eat of the loaves 
c< and were filled. Labour not for the 
" meat which perisheth, but for that 
6 'meat which endureth unto everlasting 
" life, which the Son of man shall give 
" unto you : for him hath God the 
" Father sealed." 

Then said they unto him, What shall 
we do, that we might work the works of 
God ? Jesus answered and said unto 
them, "This is the work of God, that 
" ye believe on him whom he hath sent." 
They said therefore unto him, What 
sign showest thou then, that we may 
see, and believe thee ? what dost thou 
work ? Our fathers did eat manna in 
the desert ; as it is written, He gave them 
bread from heaven to eat. Then Jesus 
said unto them, " Verily, verily, I say 
"unto you, Moses gave you not that 
" bread from heaven ; but my Father 
" giveth you the true bread from heaven. 
" For the bread of God is he which 



THE DISCOURSE OF JESUS IN THE SYNAGOGUE. 135 



" cometh down from heaven, and giveth 
" life unto the world." Then said they 
unto him, Lord, evermore give us this 
bread. And Jesus said unto them, " I 
" am the bread of life : he that cometh 
" to me shall never hunger; and he 
" that believeth on me shall never 
" thirst. But I said unto you, That ye 
(i also have seen me, and believe not. 
" All that the Father giveth me shall 
" come to me ; and him that cometh to 
" me I will in no wise cast out. For I 
" came down from heaven, not to do 
" mine own will, but the will of him 
" that sent me. And this is the Father's 
" will which hath sent me, that of all 
" wdiich he hath given me I should lose 
" nothing, but should raise it up again 
" at the last day. And this is the will 
" of him that sent me, that every one 
" which seeth the Son, and believeth on 
" him, may have everlasting life : and I 
" will raise him up at the last day." 

The Jews then murmured at him, 
because he said, I am the bread which 
came down from heaven. And they 
said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Jo- 
seph, whose father and mother we know? 
how is it then that he saith, I came 
down from heaven ? Jesus therefore 
answered and said unto them, " Murmur 



J36 



JESUS DECLARES HIMSELF TO BE 



6e not among yourselves. No man can 
" come to me, except the Father which 
" hath sent me draw him : and I will 
C( raise him up at the last day. It is 
" written in the Prophets, And they 
"shall be all taught of God. Every 
" man therefore that hath heard and 
(C hath learned of the Father, cometh 
" unto me. Not that any man hath 
" seen the Father, save he which is of 
" God, he hath seen the Father. Verily, 
ec verily, I say unto you, Fie that be- 
" lieveth on me hath everlasting life. 
" I am that bread of life. Your fathers 
cf did eat manna in the wilderness, and 
" are dead. This is the bread which 
" cometh down from heaven, that a man 
" may eat thereof, and not die. I am 
" the living bread which came down 
ce from heaven : if any man eat of this 
" bread, he shall live for ever : and the 
"bread that I will give is my flesh, 
" which I will give for the life of the 
" world." 

The Jews therefore strove among 
themselves, saying, How can this man 
give us his flesh to eat ? Then Jesus 
said unto them, " Verily, verily, I say 
" unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of 
" the Son of man, and drink his blood, 
" ye have no life in you. Whoso eateth 



THE BREAD OF LIFE. 



137 



my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath 
" eternal life; and I will raise him up 
" at the last day. For my flesh is meat 
" indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. 
" He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh 
** my blood, dwelleth in me, and. I in 
t; him. As the living Father hath sent 

me, and I live by the Father : so he 
" that eateth me, even he shall live by 
" me. This is that bread which came 
" down from heaven : not as your fathers 
" did eat manna, and are dead : he that 
(i eateth of this bread shall live for ever." 
These things said he in the synagogue, 
as he taught in Capernaum. 

Many therefore of his disciples, when 
they had heard this, said, This is an 
hard saying ; who can hear it ? When 
Jesus knew in himself that his disciples 
murmured at it, he said unto them, 
" Doth this offend you ? What and if 
" ye shall see the Son of man ascend up 
" where he was before ? It is the spirit 
" that quickeneth ; the flesh proflteth 
" nothing : the words that I speak unto 
" you, they are spirit, and they are life. 
" But there are some of you that believe 
" not." For Jesus knew from the be- 
ginning who they were that believed 
not, and who should betray him. And 
he said, " Therefore said I unto you, 

T 



138 JESUS VINDICATES HIS DISCIPLES. 

" that no man can come unto me, except 
" it were given unto him of my Father." 
From that time many of his disciples 
went back, and walked no more with 
him. Then Jesus said unto the twelve, 
" Will ye also go away ?" Then Simon 
Peter answered him, Lord, to whom 
shall we go ? thou hast the words of 
eternal life. And we believe and are 
sure that thou art that Christ, the Son 
of the living God. Jesus answered 
them, " Have not I chosen you twelve, 
" and one of you is a devil ?" He spake 
of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon : for 
he it was that should betray him, being 
one of the twelve. 

After these things Jesus walked in 
Galilee : for he would not walk in Jewry, 
because the Jews sought to kill him. 
l Markvi.56— *And whithersoever he entered, into vil- 
vii. 5. lages, or cities, or country, they laid the 
sick in the streets, and besought him 
that they might touch if it were but the 
border of his garment : and as many as 
touched him were made whole. 

Then came together unto him the 
Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, 
which came from Jerusalem. And when 
they saw some of his disciples eat bread 
with defiled, that is to say, with unwash- 
en, hands, they found fault. (For the 



JESUS VINDICATES HIS DISCIPLES. 139 



pharisees, and all the Jews, except they 
wash their hands oft, eat not, holding 
the tradition of the elders. And when 
they come from the market, except they 
wash, they eat not. And many other 
things there be, wdiich they have received 
to hold, as the washing of cups, and 
pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.) 
Then the pharisees and scribes asked 
him, Why walk not thy disciples accord- 
ing to the tradition of the elders, but 
eat bread with unwashen hands ? 2 But 2 Mat. xv. 3, 4. 
he answered and said unto them, " Why 
" do ye also transgress the command- 
" ment of God by your tradition ? For 
" God commanded, saying, 3 Honour thy 3 Mk.vii. 10-13. 
" father, and thy mother; and, Whoso 
" curseth father or mother, let him die 
" the death : but ye say, If a man shall 
" say to his father or mother, It is Cor- 
" ban, (that is to say, a gift,) by what- 
" soever thou mightest be profited by 
"me; 4 and honour not his father or his *Mat. xv. 6, 7. 
" mother, 3 he shall be free. And ye 
" suffer him no more to do aught for his 
" father or his mother ; making the 
" word of God of none effect through 
" your tradition, which ye have deli- 
" vered : and many such like things ye 
" do. 4 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias 5 ]^ ar k v ^ 6> 
" prophesy of you, 5 as it is written, 6 This 6 x\Iat. xv. 8, 9. 



140 JESUS DECLARES THE SOURCE OP DEFILEMENT. 



" people clraweth nigh unto me with 
" their mouth, and honoureth me with 
" their lips; but their heart is far from 
u me. Bu; in vain they do worship me, 
" teaching for doctrines the command- 

7 Markvii.8,9. " ments of men. Tor laying aside the 
" commandment of God, ye hold the 
" tradition of men, as the washing of 
" pots and cups: and many other such 
" like things ye do." And he said unto 
them, " Fall well ye reject the com- 
"niandment of God, that ye may keep 
" your own tradition." 

*Mk.vii. 14,15 8 Ancl when he had called all the peo- 
ple unto him, he said unto them, 
" Hearken unto me every one of you, 
" and understand : there is nothing from 

9 Matxv. 11. " without a man, that entering into 9 the 
" mouth 8 can defile him: but the things 

10 Mk.yii.l5-l7 t( which come out of 9 the mouth, 10 those 
(( are they that defile the man. If any 
" man have ears to hear, let him hear." 
And when he was entered into the house 

n Mt.xv. 12-15 from the people, "then came his disciples 
and said unto him, Knowest thou that 
the pharisees were offended, after they 
heard this saying ? But he answered 
and said, " Every plant, which my hea- 
" venly Father hath not planted, shall 
" be rooted up. Let them alone: they 
" be blind leaders of the blind. And if 



JESUS DECLARES THE SOURCE OF DEFILEMENT. 141 



" the blind lead the blind, both shall 

" fall into the ditch." Then answered 

Peter, and said unto him, Declare unto 

us this parable. 12 And he saith unto i2Mk.vii.l8,i9 

them, " Are ye so without understanding 

" also ? Do ye not perceive that what- 

" soever thing from without entereth into 

<f the man, it cannot defile him ; because 

" it entereth not into his heart ; but 

" 13 whatsoever entereth in at the mouth HMat. xv. 17. 

" goeth into the belly, and is cast out 

" into the draught, ^purging all meats ?" 

14 And he said, 15 " But those things which |*Mark vii. 20. 

" proceed out of the mouth come forth a ' 

" from the heart ; and they defile the 

" man. 16 For from within,' out of the 16 Mk.vii.2i,22 

" heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, 

" adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, 

f< 17 false witness, 18 covetousness, wicked- ls^ikvif^ ^3 

" ness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil 

" eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness : all 

" these evil things come from within, 

" and defile the man: 19 but to eat with 19 Mt. xv.20,21 

" unwashen hands defileth not a man." 

Then Jesus went thence, and departed 
into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon ; "and 20 Mk.vii.24,25 
entered into an house, and would have 
no man know it : but he could not be 
hid. For, 2l behold a woman of Canaan, 21 Mat. xv, 22, 
*°whose young daughter had an unclean 
spirit, heard of him, and came 21 out of 



142 



JESUS CASTS OUT A DEVIL. 



22 Mk.vii.25,26 the same coasts, 22 and fell at his feet : 
(the woman was a Greek, a Syropheni- 
cian by nation ;) and she besought him 
that he would cast forth the devil out 

23Mt.xv.22-25 of her daughter; ^and cried unto him, 
saying, Have mercy on me, 0 Lord, 
thou son of David; my daughter is 
grievously vexed with a devil. But he 
answered her not a word. And his dis- 
ciples came and besought him, saying, 
Send her away ; for she crieth after us. 
But he answered and said, " I am not 
" sent but unto the lost sheep of the 
" house of Israel.'* Then came she and 
worshipped him, saying, Lord help me. 

2iMk.vii.27,28 24 But Jesus said unto her, "Let the 
" children first be filled : for it is not 
" meet to take the children's bread, and 
" cast it unto the dogs." And she 

25Mat.xv.27 28 answered and said unto him, 25 Truth, 
24 Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat 
of the children's crumbs, 25 which fall 
from their masters' table. Then Jesus 
answered and said unto her, "0 woman, 
" great is thy faith : be it unto thee 

26Markvii. 29. " even as thou wilt; 26 for this saying go 
" thy way ; the devil is gone out of thy 
" daughter." ^And her daughter was 

27Mk.yii.30,3i made whole from that very hour. 27 And 
when she was come to her house, she 
found the devil gone out, and her 
daughter laid upon the bed. 



JESUS HEALS A DEAF AND DUMB MAN. 143 



And again departing from the coasts 
of Tyre and Sidon, lie came ^nigii 27 unto ^Mt.xv^-Sl 
the sea of Galilee, through the midst of 
the coasts of Decapolis; 28 and went up 
into a mountain, and sat down there. 
And great multitudes came unto him, 
having with them those that were lame, 
blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, 
and cast them down at Jesus' feet ; and 
he healed them : insomuch that the mul- 
titude wondered, when they saw the 
dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, 
the lame to walk, and the blind to see. 

^And they bring unto him one that 5»Mk.vii.32-37 
was deaf, and had an impediment in his 
speech; and they beseech him to put 
his hand upon him. And he took him 
aside from the multitude, and put his 
fingers into his ears, and he spit, and 
touched his tongue ; and looking up to 
heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, 
" Ephphatha," that is, Be opened. And 
straightway his ears w T ere opened, and 
the string of his tongue w^as loosed, and 
he spake plain. And he charged them 
that they should tell no man : but the 
more he charged them, so much the 
more a great deal they published it; 
and were beyond measure astonished, 
saying, He hath done all things well : 
he maketh both the deaf to hear, and 



144 



JESUS FEEDS FOUR THOUSAND MEN. 



30Matt.xv.3i. the dumb to speak. ^And they glori- 
fied the God of Israel. 
siMk.viii.i-3. 3ij n t i 10ge t } ie mu ltitude being 

very great, and having nothing to eat, 
Jesus called his disciples unto him, and 
saith unto them, "I have compassion 
" on the multitude, because they have 
<k now been with me three days, and have 
i( nothing to eat : and if I send them 
" away fasting to their own houses, they 
" will faint by the way : " for divers of 

32 Mat. xv. 33. them came from far. 32 And his disciples 
say unto him, Whence should we have 
so much bread in the wilderness, as to 

ssMk. viii. 5-8. fill so great a multitude ? 33 And he asked 
them, " How many loaves have ye ? " 
And they said, Seven. And he com- 
manded the people to sit down on the 
ground : and he took the seven loaves, 
and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to 
his disciples to set before them ; and 
they did set them before the people. 
And they had a few small fishes : and he 
blessed, and commanded to set them also 

«Matt. xv. 37. before them. So they did 34 all 33 eat, and 
were filled : and they took up of the bro- 
ken meat that was left seven baskets 34 full. 

35Mt.xv.38,39. 35 And they that did eat were four thousand 
men, beside women and children. And 
he sent away the multitude. 

3f5 Mk.viiiio-l3 36 And straightway he entered into a 



THE PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES SEEK A SIGN. 145 

ship with his disciples, and came into 
the parts of Dalmanutha. And the pha- 
risees came forth, and began to question 
with him, seeking of him a sign from 
heaven, tempting him. And he sighed 
deeply in his spirit, and saith, " Why 
" doth this generation seek after a sign? 
" verily I say unto you, There shall no 
<e sign be given unto this generation." 
And he left them, and entering into the 
ship again departed to the other side, 
37 and came into the coasts of Magdala. 37 Mat.xv.39— 

The pharisees also with the sadducees 
came, and, tempting, desired him that 
he would show T them a sign from heaven. 
He answered and said unto them, " When 
"it is evening, ye say, It will be fair 
"weather: for the sky is red. And in 
" the morning, It will be foul weather 
" to-day : for the sky is red and lowring. 
" 0 ye hypocrites ! ye can discern the 
" face of the sky ; but can ye not dis- 
" cern the signs of the times ? A wicked 
" and adulterous generation seeketh after 
(( a sign ; and there shall no sign be 
" given unto it, but the sign of the pro- 
" phet Jonas." And. he left them and 
departed. 

And when his disciples were come to 
the other side, they had forgotten to take 
bread, 38 neither had they in the ship &Mk. viii. 14. 
v 



U6 



JESUS ADMONISHES HIS DISCIPLES. 



39 Mat. xvi. 6. with them more than one loaf. "Then 

40 Markviii. 15. Jesus 40 charged them, saying, ""Take 
" heed and beware of the leaven of the 
" pharisees and of the sadducees, 40 and 

"Mat.xvi. 7,8. " of the leaven of Herod." 41 And they 
reasoned among themselves, saying, It 
is because we have taken no bread. 
Which when Jesus perceived, he said 
unto them, " 0 ye of little faith, why 
" reason ye among yourselves, because 

42 Mk.viiil7-21 " ye have brought no bread ? 42 pereeive 
"ye not yet, neither understand? have 
" ye your heart yet hardened ? having 
" eyes, see ye not ? and having ears, 
" hear ye not ? and do ye not remem- 
" ber ? When I broke the five loaves 
" among five thousand, how many bas- 
" kets full of fragments took ye up ?" 
They say unto him, Twelve. " And 
" when the seven among four thousand, 
" how many baskets full of fragments 
<c took ye up ?" And they said, Seven. 
And he said unto them, " How is it that 

^Mt.xvi.11,12 " ye do not understand 43 that I spake it 
" not to you concerning bread, that ye 
" should beware of the leaven of the 
"pharisees and of the sadducees?" 
Then understood they how that he bade 
them not beware of the leaven of bread, 
but of the doctrine of the pharisees and 
of the sadducees. 



JESUS HEALS A BLIND MAN, AT BETHSAIDA. 



44 And he cometh to Bethsaida; and «Mk.viii22 
they bring a blind man unto him, and 
besought him to touch him. And he 
took the blind man by the hand, and 
led him out of the town ; and when he 
had spit on his eyes, and put his hands 
upon him, he asked him if he saw aught. 
And he looked up, and said, I see men 
as trees, walking. After that he put 
his hands again upon his eyes, and made 
him look up : and he was restored, and 
saw every man clearly. And he sent 
him away to his house, saying, " Neither 
" go into the town, nor tell it to any in 
" the town." 

And Jesus went out, and his disciples, 
into the towns of Caesarea Philippi : and 
by the way 45 it came to pass, as he was 45L u ke ix. 
alone praying, his disciples were with 
him : and he asked them, saying ; 
46U Whom do men say that I the Son of 46Mt.xvi.l 
" man am?" And they 47 answering 46 said, 47Luke ix. 
Some say that thou art John the Bap- 
tist : 47 but some say, Elias ; and others 
say, that 46 Jeremias, or one of the 47 old 
4G prophets 47 is risen again. 48 He saith ^Mt.xvil^ 
unto them, "But whom say ye that I 
" am ?" And Simon Peter answered 
and said 49 unto him, 48 Thou art the 49^xk. viii. 
Christ, the Son of the living God. And 
Jesus answered and said unto him, 



148 



JESUS PREDICTS HIS DEATH. 



" Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: 
" for flesh and blood hath not revealed 
cf it unto thee, but my Father which is 
" in heaven. And I say also unto thee, 
" Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I 
" will build my church ; and the gates 
" of hell shall not prevail against it. 
" And I will give unto thee the keys of 
" the kingdom of heaven : and whatso- 
" ever thou shalt bind on earth shall be 
" bound in heaven : and whatsoever 
" thou shalt loose on earth shall be 

*>Lk.ix. 21, 22 "loosed in heaven." Then ^straitly 
48 charged he his disciples, ^and com- 
manded them 48 that they should tell no 
man that he was Jesus the Christ. 

51 Mat.xvi. 21. 51 From that time forth began Jesus to 
show unto his disciples, how that he 
must go unto Jerusalem, 49 saying, 66 The 
" Son of man must suffer many things, 

52 Mk.viii3i32 " an d foe rejected of the elders, ^and of 
" the chief priests, and scribes, and be 
" killed, and after three days rise again." 

53 Mat. xvi. 22. And he spake that saying openly. 53 Then 
Peter took him, and began to rebuke 
him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord : 

5 ±Markviii.33. this shall not be unto thee. ^But when 
he had turned about and looked on his 
disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, 

55 Mat. xvi. 23, " Get thee behind me, Satan : 55 thou art 
" an offence unto me : for thou savourest 



JESUS ENFORCES SELF DENIAL. 



149 



" not the things that he of God, hut 
" those that he of men." 

56 And when he had called the people ^Markviii. 34. 
unto him with his disciples also, he said 
unto them, " Whosoever will come after 
" me, let him deny himself, and take up 
" his cross 57 daily, 58 and follow me. For L^x^yii^.^ 
" whosoever will save his life shall lose 
"it; hut whosoever shall lose his life 
" for my sake and the gospel's, the same 
" shall save it. For what shall it profit 
i; a man, if he shall gain the whole 
" world, and lose his own soul, ' 59 or he 59 Luke ix. 25. 
" cast away ? ^or what shall a man give ^Mk.viiisy^S 
" in exchange for his soul? Whoso- 
" ever therefore shall he ashamed of me 
" and of my words in this adulterous 
" and sinful generation ; of him also 
" shall the Son of man he ashamed, 
" 61 when he shall come in his own glory, eiLuke ix. 26. 
" and in his Father's, and of the holy 
"angels: 6 ' 2 and then he shall reward G2 Mat. xvi. 27. 
" every man according to his works." 
a3 And he said unto them, " Verily I say ^Mark Lx. l. 
" unto you, that there he some of them 
" that stand here, which shall not taste 
" of death, till they have seen ^the Son &iMat. xvi. 28. 
" of man coming in his kingdom 63 with 
" power." 

^And it came to pass ahout an eight ^Luke ix. 28. 
days after these sayings, ^Jesus taketh r, -Mat. xvii. l. 



150 



JESUS IS TRANSFIGURED, IN THE 



Peter, James, and John his brother, and 
bringeth them up into an high moun- 
f7 Mark ix. 2. tain apart 67 by themselves, 65 to pray ; 

67 and he was transfigured before them. 
68 Luke ix. 29. 68 And as he prayed, the fashion of his 
69 Mat. xvii. 2. countenance was altered, 69 and his face 
70 Mark ix. 3. did shine as the sun. 70 And his raiment 
became shining, 68 white and glistering 
^as the light, 70 exceeding white as snow ; 
so as no fuller on earth can white them. 
71 Mat. xvii. 3. 71 And, behold, there appeared unto them 
72 Lk.ix.30,3i. 72 two men, which w r ere Moses and Elias; 
73 Mark ix. 4. who appeared in glory : 73 and they were 
74 Lk.ix. 31-33. talking with Jesus, 74 and spake of his 
decease which he should accomplish at 
Jerusalem. But Peter and they that 
were with him were heavy with sleep : 
and when they were awake they saw his 
glory, and the two men that stood with 
him. And it came to pass, as they de- 
75 Mat. xvii. 4. parted from him, 73 then answered Peter, 
and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good 
for us to be here : if thou wilt, let us 
make here three tabernacles ; one for 
thee, and one for Moses, and one for 
7 «Mark ix. 6. Elias. 76 For he wist not what to say ; for 
77 Mat. xvii. 5. tne y were sore afraid. 77 While he yet 
78 Lk.ix. 34,35. 78 thus spake, 77 behold, 78 there came 77 a 
bright cloud, 78 and overshadowed them : 
and they feared as they entered into the 
79 Mat. xvii. 5,6 cloud: 79 and, behold, 78 there came a 



PRESENCE OF PETER, JAMES, AND JOHN. 151 



a voice out of the cloud, 79 which said, 
This is my beloved Son in whom I am 
well pleased; hear ye him. And when 
the disciples heard it, they fell on their 
face, and were sore afraid. 80 And when sol^ i x , 36. 
the voice was past, 81 Jesus came and siMat. xvii. 7. 
touched them, and said, " Arise, and be 
" not afraid." 8 -And suddenly when S2 Mark ix. 8. 
they had 83 lifted up their eyes, and S3 Mat. xvii. 8 
82 looked round about, they saw no man 
any more, save Jesus only with them- 
selves. 

84 And as they came down from the ^Mat. xvii. 9. 
mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, 
" Tell the vision to no man, until the 
" Son of man be risen again from the 
" dead." ^And they kept it close, and 
told no man in those days any of those 
things which they had seen. 85 And they ssMark ix. 10. 
kept that saying with themselves, ques- 
tioning one with another what the rising 
from the dead should mean. ^And his e5 Mt.xviiio,n 
disciples asked him, saying, Why then 
say the scribes that Elias must first 
come ? And Jesus answered and 87 told 87 ^Iark ix. 12. 
them, " Elias verily cometh first, and 
" restoreth all things;" and how it is 
written of the Son of man, that he must 
suffer many things, and be set at nought. 
" But I say unto you that Elias is 88 in- C8 Mark ix. 13. 
"deed 89 come already, and they knew 89 Mat. xvii. 12. 



152 JESUS SPEAKS OF JOHN THE BAPTIST. 

" him not, but have done unto him 
" whatsoever they listed, 88 as it is written 
" of him. 89 Likewise shall also the Son 
soMat xyii.13. « 0 f man suffer of them/' ^Then the 
disciples understood that he spake unto 
them of John the Baptist. 



SECTION V. 



From the Cure of the Lunatic Child, — to the 
Healing, at tlie Pool of Siloam, of the Man Born 
Blind. 

*And it came to pass, that on the next "'Lukeix. 37. 
day, when they were come clown from 
the hill, 2 ancl when he came to his dis- 2 Mk. ix.14-16. 
ciples, he saw a great multitude about 
them, and the scribes questioning with 
them. And straightway all the people, 
when they beheld him, were greatly 
amazed, and running to him saluted 
him. And he asked the scribes, " What 
" question ye with them ?" 3 And there sMat. xvii. 14. 
came to him a certain man 4 of the com- 4 Luke ix. 38. 
pany, 3 kneeling down to him, 4 and cried 
out, saying, 5 Lord, have mercy on my 5 Mat. xvii. 15. 
son: for he is lunatic, and sore vexed, 
blaster, I have brought unto thee my ^Mark ix. 17. 
son : 4 I beseech thee, look upon my 
son : for he is mine only child ; 6 which 
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154 JESUS HEALS A LUNATIC CHILD. 



'Mark ix. 18. hath a dumb spirit; 7 and wheresoever 
8 Luke ix. 39. he taketh him, 8 he suddenly crieth out, 
and 7 he teareth him : and he foameth 
8 again, 7 and gnasheth with his teeth ; 
and pinetb away, 8 and bruising him 
9 Mat.xvii. 16. hardly, departeth from him. 9 And I 
10 Lk.ix.40,4i. brought him to thy disciples; 10 and I 
besought thy disciples to cast him out ; 
n Mat.xvii.l7. and they could not 9 cure him. "Then 
Jesus answered and said, " 0 faithless 
" and perverse generation, how long 
" shall I be with you ? how long shall 
" I suffer you ? bring 10 thy son hither 
12 Mk.ix. 20-27 " n to me «" 12 And they brought him unto 
13 Lk.ix.42,43. him : and 13 as he was yet a coming, 
12 when he saw him, straightway the spi- 
rit tare him ; and he fell on the ground, 
and wallowed foaming. And he asked 
his father, " How long is it ago since 
" this came unto him?" And he said, 
Of a child. And ofttimes it hath cast 
him into the fire, and into the waters, 
to destroy him : but if thou canst do 
any thing, have compassion on us, and 
help us. Jesus said unto him, "If thou 
" canst believe, all things are possible 
" to him that believeth." And straight- 
way the father of the child cried out, 
and said with tears, Lord, I believe; 
help thou mine unbelief. When Jesus 
saw that the people came running toge- 



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155 



ther, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying 
unto him, " Thou dumb and deaf spirit, 
M I charge thee, come out of him, and 
" enter no more into him." And the 
spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came 
out of him : and he was as one dead ; 
insomuch that many said, He is dead. 
But Jesus took him by the hand, and 
lifted him up ; and he arose. 14 And the u Mat.xvii-18. 
child was cured from that very hour. 
i3 And Jesus delivered him again to his 
father. And they were all amazed at 
the mighty power of God. 15 And when 15 Mark Lx. 28. 
he was come into the house, his disci- 
ples asked him privately, Why could 
not we cast him out ? ld And Jesus said l6 Mt.xrii20,2l 
unto them, " Because of your unbelief: 
if for verily I say unto you, If ye have 
" faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye 
" shall say unto this mountain, Remove 
" hence to yonder place; and it shall 
" remove ; and nothing shall be impos- 
" sible unto you. Howbeit this kind 
" 17 can come forth by nothing, but by 17 Mk.ix.29,30. 
" prayer and fasting." 

And they departed thence, and passed 
through Galilee ; and he would not that 
any man should know it. i8 And while 18 Mat.xvii.22. 
they abode in Galilee, and 13 wondered 
every one at all things which Jesus did, 
^he taught his disciples, and said unto 19 Mark ix. 31. 



156 JESUS WORKS A MIRACLE, TO PAY TRIBUTE. 



20Luke ix. 44. them, 2 ° Ctf Let these sayings sink down 
"into your ears, for 19 the Son of man 
18 shall be betrayed 19 into the hands of 
" men, and they shall kill him ; and 
" after that he is killed, he shall rise the 

21 Mat.xvii.23. " third day." 21 And they were exceeding 

22 Luke ix. 45. sorry. 2i But they understood not this 
saying, and it was hid from them, that 
they perceived it not : and they feared 
to ask him of that saying. 

23 Mt.xvii.24— 23 And when they were come to Caper- 
xviii. l. n aum, they that received tribute money 
came to Peter, and said, Doth not your 
master pay tribute ? He saith, Yes. 
And when he was come into the house, 
Jesus prevented him, saying, (i What 
" thinkest thou, Simon ? of whom do 
" the kings of the earth take custom or 
" tribute ? of their own children or of 
" strangers/' Peter saith unto him, Of 
strangers. Jesus saith unto him, "Then 
" are the children free. Notwithstand- 
" ing, lest we should offend them, go 
" thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and 
" take up the fish that first cometh up ; 
" and when thou hast opened his mouth, 
ci thou shalt find apiece of money : that 
tf take, and give unto them for me and 
" thee." 

At the same time came the disciples 
unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest 



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157 



in the kingdom of heaven? 24 And he ^Mk.ix. 33.3.5 
asked them, " What was it that ye dis- 
" puted among yourselves by the way ?" 
But they held their peace : for by the 
way they had disputed among them- 
selves, ^which of them 24 should be the 25 Lk. ix. 46,47. 
greatest. And he sat down, and called 
the twelve, and saith unto them, i( If 
" any man desire to be first, the same 
" shall be last of all, and servant of all."' 
^And Jesus, perceiving the thought of 2G Mat. xviii. 2. 
their heart, ^called a little child unto 
him, and set him ^by him ^in the midst 
of them : 27 and when he had taken him 27 Mark ix. 36. 
in his arms, he said unto them, 28:i Verily, 2S Mat.xviii3-5 
" I say unto you, Except ye be con- 
" verted, and become as little children, 
" ye shall not enter into the kingdom 
" of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall 
" humble himself as this little child, the 
" same is greatest in the kingdom of 
" heaven. And whoso shall receive one 
" such little child in my name, receiveth 
" me ; ,29 and whosoever shall receive me, 29^^ ^ 37, 
" receiveth not me, but him that sent 
" me : ^for he that is least among you 20Luke ix. 48. 
" all, the same shall be great. 31 But soit. xviii. 6-8 
" whoso shall offend one of these little 
" ones which believe in me, it were 
" better for him that a millstone were 
" hanged about his neck, and that he 
u were drowned in the depth of the sea. 



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JESUS INCULCATES SELF-DENIAL, 



" Woe unto the world because of 
" offences ! for it must needs be that 
" offences come ; but woe to that man 
" by whom the offence cometh ! Where- 

32 Mark ix. 43. " fore 32 if thy hand offend thee, cut it off, 
" 31 and cast it from thee : 32 it is better 
"for thee to enter into life maimed, 
" 31 rather 32 than having two hands 31 to be 

ssMk. ix.43-46 " cast into ^hell, into the fire that never 
" shall be quenched : where their worm 
u dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. 
"And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off : 
" it is better for thee to enter halt into 
" life, than having two feet to be cast 
" into hell, into the fire that never shall 
" be quenched : where their worm dieth 
"not, and the fire is not quenched. 

34 Mat.xviii.9. ff 34 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it 
" out, and cast it from thee : it is better 

35 Markix. 47. " for thee to enter into 35 the kingdon of 

" God 34 with one eye, rather than having 
S6 Mk.ix. 48-o0 « twQ e y eg tQ ~j^Q cagt j ntQ j ie j| g re . 36 w ] iere 

" their worm dieth not, and the fire is 
" not quenched. For every one shall be 
" salted with fire, and every sacrifice 
" shall be salted with salt. Salt is good ; 
" but if the salt have lost his saltness, 
"wherewith will ye season it? Have 
" salt in yourselves, and have peace one 
"with another/' 
37Mt. xviii. 10-35. 37 "Take heed that ye despise not one 



AND FORGIVENESS OF TRESPASSES. 



159 



r of these little ones : for I say unto you. 
? That in heaven their angels do always 
" behold the face of my Father which is 
" in heaven. For the Son of man is 
H come to save that which was lost. How 
" think ye ? If a man have an hundred 
" sheep, and one of them be gone astray, 
" doth he not leave the ninety and nine, 
" and goeth into the mountains, and seek- 
" eth that which is gone astray ? And 
''if so be that he find it, verily I say 
" unto you, he rejoiceth more of that 
" sheep, than of the ninety and nine 
" which went not astray. Even so it is 
" not the will of your Father which is in 
" heaven, that one of these little ones 
" should perish. 

" Moreover if thy brother shall tres- 
" pass against thee, go and tell him his 
" fault between thee and him alone : if 
" he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy 
" brother. But if he will not hear thee, 
"then take with thee one or two more, 
u that in the mouth of two or three wit- 
" nesses every word may be established. 
" And if he shall neglect to hear them, 
" tell it unto the church : but if he neg- 
" lect to hear the church, let him be unto 
" thee as an heathen man and a publican. 

"Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever 
" ye shall bind on earth shall be bound 



PARABLE OF THE UNMERCIFUL SERVANT. 

"in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall 
" loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. 
" Again I say unto you, That if two of 
"you shall agree on earth, as touching 
" any thing that they shall ask, it shall 
" be done for them of my Father which 
" is in heaven. For where two or three 
" are gathered together in my name, there 
" am I in the midst of them." 

Then came Peter to him, and said, 
Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against 
me, and I forgive him ? till seven times ? 
Jesus saith unto him, "I say not unto 
" thee, Until seven times : but, Until 
" seventy times seven. Therefore is the 
" kingdom of heaven likened unto a cer- 
" tain king, which would take account 
" of his servants. And when he had be- 
" gun to reckon, one was brought unto 
"him, which owed him ten thousand 
" talents. But for as much as he had 
"not to pay, his lord commanded him 
"to be sold, and his wife, and children, 
" and all that he had, and payment to 
" be made. The servant therefore fell 
" down and worshipped him, saying, 
" Lord, have patience with me, and I 
" will pay thee all. Then the lord of 
" that servant was moved with compas- 
" sion, and loosed him, and forgave him 
"the debt. But the same servant went 



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%<r out, and found one of his fellow-ser- 
"vants, which owed him an hundred 
" pence : and he laid hands on him, and 
'''took him by the throat, saying, Pay 
4, 'me that thou owest. And his fellow- 
" servant fell down at his feet, and be- 
" sought him, saying, Have patience 
" with me, and I will pay thee all. And 
* f he would not : but went and cast him 
" into prison, till he should pay the debt. 
" So when his fellow-servants saw what 
" was done, they were very sorry, and 
"carne and told unto their lord all that 
" was done. Then his lord, after that 
u he had called him, said unto him, 0 
" thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all 
w that debt, because thou desiredst me : 
"shouldest not thou also have had com- 
" passion on thy fellow- servant, even as 
"I had pity on thee? And his lord 
" was wroth, and delivered him to the 
" tormentors, till he should pay all that 
"was due unto him. So likewise shall 
''my heavenly Father do also unto you, 
" if ye from your hearts forgive not every 
" one his brother, their trespasses." 

38 And John answered him, saying, ss ^ Ik ix S8 U 
Master, we saw one casting out devils in 
thy name, and he followeth not us: and 
we forbad him, because he followeth not 
**ith 38 us. But Jesus said *unto him, ^Lk.ix. 49,-50. 
x 



162 JESUS SENDS FORTH THE SEVENTY DISCIPLES. 

38 " Forbid him not : for there is no man 
" which shall do a miracle in my name, 
" that can lightly speak evil of me. For 
" he that is not against us is on our part. 
" For whosoever shall give you a cup of 
" water to drink in my name, because ye 
"belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, 
" he shall not lose his reward/' 
*°Lukex.l-i6. 40 After these things the Lord appoint- 
ed other seventy also, and sent them two 
and two before his face into every city 
and place, whither he himself would come. 
Therefore said he unto them, " The har- 
" vest truly is great, but the labourers 
" are few : pray ye therefore the Lord of 
" the harvest, that he would send forth 
"labourers into his harvest. Go your 
" ways : behold, I send you forth as lambs 
" among wolves. Carry neither purse, 
" nor scrip, nor shoes : and salute no 
"man by the way. And into whatso- 
" ever house ye enter, first say, Peace be 
" to this house. And if the son of peace 
" be there, your peace shall rest upon it : 
" if not, it shall turn to you again. And 
" in the same house remain, eating and 
" drinking such things as they give : for 
" the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go 
"not from house to house. And into 
" whatsoever city ye enter, and they re- 
" ceive you, eat such things as are set 



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" before you : and heal the sick that are 
" therein, and say unto them, The king- 
dom of God is come nigh unto you. 
" But into whatsoever city ye enter, and 
" they receive you not, go your ways out 
" into the streets of the same, and say, 
"Even the very dust of your city, which 
" cleave th on us, we do wipe off against 
"you: notwithstanding be ye sure of 
" this, that the kingdom of God is come 
" nigh unto you. But I say unto you, 
"that it shall be more tolerable in that 
"day for Sodom, than for that city. 
" Woe unto thee, Chorazin ! woe unto 
" thee, Bethsaida ! for if the mighty 
" works had been done in Tyre and 
" Sidon, which have been done in you, 
" they had a great while ago repented, 
" sitting in sackcloth and ashes. But it 
" shall be more tolerable for Tyre and 
" Sidon at the judgment, than for you. 
"And thou, Capernaum, which art ex- 
u alted to heaven, shalt be thrust down 
" to hell. He that heareth you, heareth 
" me ; and he that despiseth you despi- 
" seth me; and he that despiseth me 
" despiseth him that sent me." 

4l Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles 41 John vii.2.~ 

x 21 

was at hand. His brethren therefore 
said unto him, Depart hence, and go 
into Judaea, that thy disciples also may 



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JESUS VISITS THE TEMPLE, 



see the works that thou doest. For 
there is no man that doeth any thing in 
secret, and he himself seeketh to he 
known openly. If thou do these things, 
show thyself to the world. For neither 
did his brethren believe in him. Then 
Jesus said unto them, "My time is not 
" yet come : hut your time is alway 
" ready. The world cannot hate you ; 
" but me it hateth, because I testify of 
" it, that the works thereof are evil. Go 
" ye up unto this feast : I go not up yet 
" unto this feast ; for my time is not yet 
" full come." When he had said these 
words unto them, he abode still in Gali- 
lee. But when his brethren were gone 
up, then went he also up unto the feast, 
not openly, but as it were in secret. 

Then the Jews sought him at the 
feast, and said, Where is he ? And 
there was much murmuring among the 
people concerning him : for some said, 
He is a good man: others said, Nay; 
but he deceiveth the people. Howbeit 
no man spake openly of him for fear of 
the Jews. 

Now about the midst of the feast Jesus 
went up into the temple, and taught. 
And the Jews marvelled, saying, How 
knoweth this man letters, having never 
learned ? Jesus answered them, and 



AT THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES. 165 



said, " My doctrine is not mine, but his 
" that sent me. If any man will do his 
"will, he shall know of the doctrine, 
" whether it be of God, or whether I 
" speak of myself. He that speaketh of 
" himself seeketh his own glory : but he 
" that seeketh his glory that sent him, 
" the same is true, and no unrighteous- 
" ness is in him. Did not Moses give 
" you the law, and yet none of you keep- 
" eth the law ? Why go ye about to 
" kill me ?" The people answered and 
said, Thou hast a devil : who goeth 
about to kill thee ? Jesus answered and 
said unto them, " I have done one work, 
" and ye all marvel. Moses therefore 
" gave unto you circumcision ; (not be- 
" cause it is of Moses, but of the fathers ;) 
" and ye on the sabbath day circumcise 
" a man. If a man on the sabbath day 
" receive circumcision, that the law of 
"Moses should not be broken; are ye 
" angry at me, because I have made a 
" man every whit whole on the sabbath 
"day? Judge not according to the 
" appearance, but judge righteous judg- 
" ment." 

Then said some of them of Jerusalem, 
Is not this he, whom they seek to kill ? 
But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they 
say nothing unto him, Do the rulers 



166 JESUS TEACHES IN THE TEMPLE, 

know indeed that this is the very Christ ? 
Howbeit we know this man whence he 
is: but when Christ cometh, no man 
knoweth whence he is. Then cried Jesus 
in the temple as he taught, saying, "Ye 
" both know me, and ye know whence I 
" am : and I am not come of myself, but 
" he that sent me is true, whom ye know 
"not. But I know him : for I am from 
" him, and he hath sent me." 

Then they sought to take him : but 
no man laid hands on him, because his 
hour was not yet come. And many of 
the people believed on him, and said, 
When Christ cometh, will he do more 
miracles than these which this man hath 
done ? 

The pharisees heard that the people 
murmured such things concerning him ; 
and the pharisees and the chief priests 
sent officers to take him. Then said 
Jesus unto them, " Yet a little while am 
" I with you, and then I go unto him 
" that sent me. Ye shall seek me, and 
" shall not find me : and where I am, 
" thither ye cannot come." Then said 
the Jews among themselves, Whither 
will he go, that we shall not find him ? 
will he go unto the dispersed among the 
Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles ? What 
manner of saying is this that he said, 



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167 



Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: 
and where I am 3 thither ye cannot 
come ? 

In the last day, that great day of the 
feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, "If 
" any man thirst, let him come unto me, 
" and drink. He that believeth on me, 
" as the Scripture hath said, out of his 
" belly shall flow rivers of living water." 
(But this spake he of the Spirit, which 
they that believe on him should receive: 
for the Holy Ghost was not yet given ; 
because that Jesus was not yet glorified. ) 
Many of the people therefore, when they 
heard this saying, said, Of a truth this 
is the Prophet. Others said, This is 
the Christ. But some said, shall Christ 
come out of Galilee ? Hath not the 
Scripture said, That Christ cometh of 
the seed of David, and out of the town 
of Bethlehem, where David was ? So 
there was a division among the people 
because of him. And some of them 
would have taken him ; but no man laid 
hands on him. Then came the officers 
to the chief priests and pharisees ; and 
they said unto them, Why have ye not 
brought him ? The officers answered, 
Never man spake like this man. Then 
answered them the pharisees, Are ye 
also deceived ? Have any of the rulers 



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or of the pharisees believed on him ? But 
this people who knoweth not the law are 
cursed. Nicodemus saith unto them, 
(he that came to Jesus by night, being 
one of them,) Doth our law judge any 
man, before it hear him, and know what 
he doeth ? They answered and said 
unto him, Art thou also of Galilee ? 
Search, and look : for out of Galilee 
ariseth no prophet. And every man 
went unto his own house. Jesus went 
unto the mount of Olives. 

And early in the morning he came 
again into the temple, and all the peo- 
ple came unto him ; and he sat down, 
and taught them. And the scribes and 
pharisees brought unto him a woman 
taken in adultery ; and when they had 
set her in the midst, they say unto him, 
Master, this woman was taken in adul- 
tery, in the very act. Now Moses in 
the law commanded us, that such should 
be stoned : but what sayest thou ? This 
they said, tempting him, that they might 
have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped 
down, and with his finger wrote on the 
ground, as though he heard them not. 
So when they continued asking him, he 
lifted up himself, and said unto them, 
" He that is without sin among you, let 
" him first cast a stone at her." And 



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169 



again he stooped down, and wrote on the 
ground. And they which heard it. being 
convicted by their own conscience, went 
out one by one, beginning at the eldest, 
even unto the last : and Jesus was left 
alone, and the woman standing in the 
midst. When Jesus had lifted up him- 
self, and saw none but the woman, he 
said unto her, " Woman, where are those 
" thine accusers ? hath no man condemned 
" thee ?" She said, No man. Lord. And 
Jesus said unto her, " Neither do I eon- 
" demn thee : go. and sin no more." 

Then spake Jesus again unto them, 
saying, " I am the light of the world : 
* he that followeth me shall not walk in 
" darkness, but shall have the light of 
" life." The pharisees therefore said 
unto him, Thou bearest record of thy- 
self ; thy record is not true. Jesus 
answered and said unto them, " Though 
"I bear record of myself, yet my record 
" is true : for I know whence I came, 
" and whither I go ; but ye cannot tell 
" whence I come, and whither I go 
" Ye judge after the flesh ; I judge no 
( ' man. And yet if I judge, my judg- 
" ment is true : for I am not alone, but 
" I and the Father that sent me. It is 
*' ; also written in your law, that the tes- 
" timony of two men is true. I am one 
y 



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" that bear witness of myself, and the 
" Father that sent me beareth witness 
" of me." Then said they unto him, 
Where is thy Father ? Jesus answered, 
" Ye neither know me, nor my Father : 
" if ye had known me, ye should have 
" known my Father also/' These words 
spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught 
in the temple : and no man laid hands 
on him ; for his hour was not yet come. 

Then said Jesus again unto them, "I 
" go my way, and ye shall seek me, and 
" shall die in your sins : whither I go, 
" ye cannot come." Then said the Jews, 
Will he kill himself, because he saith, 
Whither I go ye cannot come. And he 
said unto them, " Ye are from beneath ; 
" I am from above : ye are of this world ; 
" I am not of this world. I said there- 
" fore unto you, that ye shall die in your 
" sins : for if ye believe not that I am 
" he, ye shall die in your sins." Then 
said they unto him, Who art thou ? 
And Jesus saith unto them, " Even the 
" same that I said unto you from the 
" beginning. I have many things to 
" say and to judge of you : but he that 
" sent me is true ; and I speak to the 
" world those things which I have heard 
" of him." They understood not that 
he spake to them of the Father, 



AT THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES. 



Then Jesus said unto them, " When 
"ye have lifted up the Son of man, then 
" shall ye know that I am he, and that 
"I do nothing of myself: but as my 
"Father hath taught me, I speak these 
" things. And he that sent me is with 
" me : the Father hath not left me alone ; 
" for I do always those things that please 
" him." As he spake these words, many 
believed on him. Then said Jesus to 
those Jews which believed on him, "If ye 
" continue in my word, then are ye my 
" disciples indeed : and ye shall know 
" the truth, and the truth shall make 
" you free." They answered him, We 
be Abraham's seed, and were never in 
bondage to any man : how sayest thou, 
Ye shall be made free ? Jesus answered 
them, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, 
" ^hosoever committeth sin is the ser- 
" vant of sin. And the servant abideth 
" not in the house for ever : but the Son 
" abideth ever. If the Son therefore 
" shall make you free, ye shall be free 
" indeed. I know that ye are Abraham's 
" seed ; but ye seek to kill me, because 
" my word hath no place in you. I 
" speak that which I have seen with my 
" Father : and ye do that which ye have 
" seen with your Father." They an- 
swered and said unto him, Abraham is 



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our father. Jesus saith unto them, "If 
"ye were Abraham's children, ye would 
" do the works of Abraham. But now 
"ye seek to kill me, a man that hath 
" told you the truth, which I have heard 
" of God : this did not Abraham. Ye 
"do the deeds of your father." Then 
said they to him, We be not born of 
fornication ; we have one father, even 
God. Jesus saith unto them, " If God 
"were your Father, ye would ]ove me: 
"for I proceeded forth and came from 
" God ; neither came I of myself, but he 
" sent me. Why do ye not understand 
" my speech ? even because ye cannot 
"hear my word. Ye are of your father 
"the devil, and the lusts of your father 
"ye will do. He was a murderer from 
" the beginning, and abode not in the 
" truth, because there is no truth in him. 
" When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh 
" of his own : for he is a liar, and the 
" father of it. And because I tell you 
" the truth, ye believe me not. Which 
" of you convinceth me of sin ? And if 
" I say the truth, why do ye not believe 
"me ? He that is of God heareth God's 
" words: ye therefore hear them not, 
"because ye are not of God." 

Then answered the Jews, and said 
unto him, Say we not well that thou art 



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173 



a Samaritan, and hast a devil? Jesus 
answered, " I have not a devil ; but I 
" honour my Father, and ye do dis- 
" honour me. And I seek not mine own 
" glory : there is one that seeketh and 
"judge th. Verily, verily, I say unto 
"you, If a man keep my saying, he 
" shall never see death." Then said the 
Jews unto him, Now we know that thou 
hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the 
prophets ; and thou say est, If a man 
keep my saying, he shall never taste of 
death. Art thou greater than our father 
Abraham, which is dead ? and the pro- 
phets are dead : whom makest thou thy- 
self? Jesus answered, "If I honour 
" myself, my honour is nothing : it is 
" my Father that honoureth me ; of 
"whom ye say, that he is your God : 
" yet ye have not known him ; but I 
" know him : and if I should say, I 
"know him not, I shall be a liar like 
" unto you : but I know him, and keep 
" his saying. Your father Abraham re- 
joiced to see my day : and he saw it, 
" and was glad." Then said the Jews 
unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years 
old, and hast thou seen Abraham ? Jesus 
said unto them, "Verily, verily, I say 
" unto you, Before Abraham was, I am." 
Then took they up stones, to cast at 



174 JESUS HEALS A MAN WHO WAS BORN BLIND. 

liim: but Jesus hid himself, and went 
out of the temple, going through the 
midst of them ; and so passed by. 

And as Jesus passed by, he saw a 
man which was blind from his birth. 
And his disciples asked him, saying, 
Master, who did sin, this man, or his 
parents, that he was born blind ? Jesus 
answered, " Neither hath this man sin- 
" ned, nor his parents : but that the 
" works of God should be made manifest 
" in him. I must work the works of 
" him that sent me, while it is day : the 
" night cometh, when no man can work. 
" As long as I am in the world, I am 
" the light of the world." When he had 
thus spoken, he ^pat on the ground, and 
made clay of the spittle, and he anointed 
the eyes of the blind man with the clay, 
and said unto him, " Go, wash in the 
" pool of Siloam," (which is by inter- 
pretation, Sent.) He went his way 
therefore, and washed, and came seeing. 
The neighbours therefore, and they 
which before had seen him that he was 
blind, said, Is not this he that sat and 
begged ? Some said, This is he : others 
said, He is like him : but he said, I am 
he. Therefore said they unto him, How 
were thine eyes opened ? He answered 
and said, A man that is called Jesus 



JESUS HEALS A MAN WHO WAS BORN BLIND. 175 

made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and 
said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, 
and wash : and I went and washed, and 
I received sight. Then said they unto 
him, Where is he ? He said, I know not. 

They brought to the pharisees him 
that aforetime was blind. And it was 
the sabbath day when Jesus made the 
clay, and opened his eyes. Then again 
the pharisees also asked him how he 
had received his sight. He said unto 
them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and 
I washed, and do see. Therefore said 
some of the pharisees, This man is not 
of God, because he keepeth not the sab- 
bath day. Others said, How can a man 
that is a sinner do such miracles ? And 
there was a division among them. They 
say unto the blind man again, What 
say est thou of him, that he hath opened 
thine eyes ? He said, He is a prophet. 
But the Jews did not believe concerning 
him, that he had been blind, and re- 
ceived his sight, until they called the 
parents of him that had received his 
sight. And they asked them, saying, 
Is this your son, who ye say was born 
blind ? how then doth he now see ? His 
parents answered them and said, We 
know that this is our son, and that he 
was born blind : but by what means he 



176 



THE PHARISEES QUESTION AND CAST OUT 



now seeth, we know not; or who hath 
opened his eyes, we know not : he is of 
age ; ask him : he shall speak for him- 
self. These words spake his parents, 
because they feared the Jews : for the 
Jews had agreed already that if any man 
did confess that he was Christ, he should 
be put out of the synagogue. Therefore 
said his parents, He is of age ; ask him. 

Then again called they the man that 
was blind, and said unto him, Give God 
the praise : we know that this man is a 
sinner. He answered and said, Whether 
he be a sinner or no, I know not : one 
thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, 
now I see. Then said they to him 
again, What did he to thee ? how open- 
ed he thine eyes ? He answered them, 
I have told you already, and ye did not 
hear : wherefore would ye hear it again? 
will ye also be his disciples ? Then they 
reviled him, and said, Thou art his dis- 
ciple ; but we are Moses' disciples. We 
know that God spake unto Moses: as 
for this fellow, we know not from whence 
he is. The man answered and said unto 
them, Why herein is a marvellous thing, 
that ye know not from whence he is, and 
yet he hath opened mine eyes. Now 
we know that God heareth not sinners : 
but if any man be a worshipper of God, 



THE MAN WHO WAS BORN BLIND. 



177 



and doeth his will, Mm he heareth. 
Since the world began was it not heard 
that any man opened the eyes of one 
that was born blind. If this man were 
not of God, he could do nothing. They 
answered and said unto him, Thou wast 
altogether born in sins, and dost thou 
teach us ? And they cast him out. 

Jesus heard that they had cast him 
out; and when he had found him, he 
said unto him, "Dost thou believe on 
"the Son of God ?" He answered and 
said, Who is he, Lord, that I might be- 
lieve on him ? And Jesus said unto 
him, " Thou hast both seen him, and it 
"is he that talketh with thee/' And he 
said, Lord, I believe. And he worship- 
ped him. And Jesus said, "For judg- 
ement I am come into this world, that 
" they which see not might see ; and that 
they which see might be made blind." 
And some of the pharisees which were 
with him heard these words, and said unto 
him, Are we blind also ? Jesus said unto 
them, " If ye were blind, ye should have 
" no sin : but now ye say, We see ; there- 
" fore your sin remaineth. 

" Verily, verily, I say unto you, He 
"that entereth not by the door into the 
" sheepfold, but climbeth up some other 
" way, the same is a thief and a robber, 
z 



THE PARABLE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD. 

" But he that entereth in by the door is 
" the shepherd of the sheep. To him 
" the porter openeth ; and the sheep hear 
" his voice : and he calleth his own sheep 
"by name, and leadeth them out. And 
" when he putaeth forth his own sheep, 
"he goeth before them, and the sheep 
" follow him : for they know his voice. 
" And a stranger will they not follow, 
" but will flee from him : for they know 
" not the voice of strangers." This pa- 
rable spake Jesus unto them : but they 
understood not what things they were 
which he spake unto them. 

Then said Jesus unto them again, 
" Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the 
" door of the sheep. All that ever came 
" before me are thieves and robbers : but 
"the sheep did not hear them. I am 
" the door : by me if any man enter in, 
" he shall be saved, and shall go in and 
" out, and find pasture. The thief com- 
" eth not, but for to steal, and to kill, 
" and to destroy: I am come that they 
" might have life, and that they might 
"have it more abundantly. I am the 
" good shepherd : the good shepherd giv- 
" eth his life for the sheep. But he that 
"is an hireling, and not the shepherd, 
" whose own the sheep are not, seeth the 
" wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and 



JESUS DECLARES HIMSELF THE GOOD SHEPHERD. 179 



" fleeth : and the wolf catchetk them, 
" and scattereth the sheep. The hireling 
" fleeth, because he is an hireling, and 
" careth not for the sheep. I am the 
" good shepherd, and know my sheep, 
" and am known of mine. As the Fa- 
" ther knoweth me, even so know I the 
" Father : and I lay down my life for the 
" sheep. And other sheep I have which 
" are not of this fold : them also I. must 
" bring, and they shall hear my voice ; 
" and there shall be one fold, and one 
" shepherd. Therefore doth my Father 
st love me, because I lay down my life, 
" that I might take it again. No man 
" taketh it from me, but I lay it down 
" of myself. I have power to lay it 
" down, and I have power to take it 
" again. This commandment have I 
" received of my Father." 

There was a division therefore again 
among the Jews for these sayings. And 
many of them said, He hath a devil, and 
is mad: why hear ye him? Others 
said, These are not the words of him 
that hath a devil. Can a devil open the 
eyes of the blind ? 



SECTION VI. 



From the return of the Seventy Disciples, — to the 
triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. 

iLukex.iT.— j And the seventy returned again with 
xl * ' joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are 
subject unto us through thy name. And 
he said unto them, " I beheld Satan as 
" lightning fall from heaven. Behold, 
" I give unto you power to tread on ser- 
" pents and scorpions, and over all the 
" power of the enemy : and nothing 
" shall by any means hurt you. Not- 
" withstanding in this rejoice not, that 
"the spirits are subject unto you; but 
"'rather rejoice, because your names are 
" written in heaven." 

In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, 
and said, " I thank thee, 0 Father, 
"Lord of heaven and earth, that thou 
" hast hid these things from the wise 
" and prudent, and hast revealed them 



THE PARABLE OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN. 



"unto babes: even so, Father; for so 
" it seemed good in thy sight. All 
" things are delivered unto me of my 
"Father: and no man knoweth who 
" the Son is, but the Father ; and who 
" the Father is. but the Son. and he to 
" whom the Son will reveal him." And 
he turned him unto his disciples, and said 
privately, " Blessed are the eyes which 
" see the things that ye see: for I tell 
" you that many prophets and kings 
"'have desired to see those things which 
"ye see, and have not seen them; and 
" to hear those things which ye hear. 
" and have not heard them." 

And. behold, a certain lawyer stood 
up. and tempted him. saying, Master, 
what shall I do to inherit eternal life ? 
He said uuto him, " What is written in 
"the law? how readest thou?" And 
he answering said. Thou shalt love the 
Lord thy God with all thy heart, and 
with all thv soul, and with all thy 
strength, and with all thy mind ; and 
thv neighbour as thyself. And he said 
unto him, " Thou hast answered right : 
''• this do, and thou shalt live." But he, 
willing to justify himself, said unto 
Jesus, And who is my neighbour ? And 
Jesus answering said, " A certain man 
M went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, 



182 THE PARABLE OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN. 



" and fell among thieves, which stripped 
" him of his raiment, and wounded him, 
" and departed, leaving him half dead. 
" And by chance there came down a 
" certain priest that way : and when he 
" saw him, he passed by on the other 
" side. And likewise a Levite, when he 
" was at the place, came and looked on 
" him, and passed by on the other side. 
" But a certain Samaritan, as he jour- 
" neyed, came where he was : and when 
" he saw him, he had compassion on 
" him, and went to him, and bound up 
" his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, 
" and set him on his own beast, and 
" brought him to an inn, and took care 
" of him. And on the morrow, when 
" he departed, he took out two pence, 
" and gave them to the host, and said 
" unto him, Take care of him ; and 
" whatsoever thou spendest more, when 
Ci I come again, I will repay thee. 
" Which now of these three, thinkest 
(C thou, was neighbour unto him that 
ei fell among the thieves?" And he 
said, He that showed mercy on him. 
Then said Jesus unto him, " Go, and 
" do thou likewise." 

Now it came to pass, as they went, 
that he entered into a certain village : 
and a certain woman, named Martha, 



jesus at martha's house. 



received him into her house. And she 
had a sister, called Mary, which also sat 
at Jesus' feet, and heard his word. But 
Martha was cumbered about much ser- 
ving, and came to him, and said, Lord, 
dost thou not care that my sister hath 
left me to serve alone ? bid her there- 
fore that she help me. And Jesus an- 
swered and said unto her, ffi Martha, 
" Martha, thou art careful and troubled 
" about many things : but one thing is 
" needful : and Mary hath chosen that 
" good part which shall not be taken 
u away from her." 

And it came to pass, that, as he was 
praying in a certain place, when he 
ceased, one of his disciples said unto 
him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John 
also taught his disciples. And he said 
unto them, " When ye pray, say, Our 
" Father which art in heaven, Hallowed 
" be thy name. Thy kingdom come. 
" Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in 
" earth. Give us day by day our daily 
u bread. And forgive us our sins ; for 
" we also forgive every one that is in- 
" deb ted to us. And lead us not into 
" temptation ; but deliver us from evil/' 

And he said unto them, " Which of 
" you shall have a friend, and shall go 
" unto him at midnight, and say unto 



184 JESUS ENCOURAGES EARNEST PRAYER. 



" hini, Friend, lend me three loaves ; for 
S{ a friend of mine in his journey is come 
" to me, and I have nothing to set be- 
" fore him ? And he from within shall 
" answer and say, Trouble me not : the 
" door is now shut, and my children are 
" with me in bed ; I cannot rise and 
" give thee. I say unto you, Though 
" he will not rise and give him, because 
" he is his friend, yet because of his 
" importunity he will rise and give him 
ff as many as he needeth. And I say 
" unto you, Ask, and it shall be given 
" you ; seek, and ye shall find ; knock, 
" and it shall be opened unto you. For 
" every one that asketh receiveth ; and 
" he that seeketh findeth; and to him 
" that knocketh it shall be opened. If 
" a son shall ask bread of any of you 
" that is a father, will he give him a 
" stone ? or if he ask a fish, will he for a 
" fish give him a serpent ; or if he shall 
" ask an egg, will he offer him a scor- 
" pion ? If ye then, being evil, know 
" how to give good gifts unto your chil- 
" dren : how much more shall your hea- 
C£ venly Father give the Holy Spirit to 
" them that ask him ?" 

2 And he was teaching in one of the 
synagogues on the sabbath. And, be- 
hold, there was a woman which had a 



JESUS HEALS AN INFIRM WOMAN. 



185 



spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and 
was bowed together, and could in no 
wise lift up herself. And when Jesus 
saw her, he called her to him, and said 
unto her, i( Woman, thou art loosed 
" from thine infirmity." And he laid 
his hands on her : and immediately she 
was made straight, and glorified God. 
And the ruler of the synagogue answered 
with indignation, because that Jesus had 
healed on the sabbath day, and said unto 
the people, There are six days in which 
men ought to work : in them therefore 
come and be healed, and not on the 
sabbath day. The Lord then answered 
him, and said, " Thou hypocrite, doth 
" not each one of you on the sabbath 
" loose his ox or his ass from the stall, 
" and lead him away to watering ? And 
" ought not this woman, being adaugh- 
" ter of Abraham, whom Satan hath 
" bound, lo, these eighteen years, be 
i( loosed from this bond on the sabbath 
" day ?" And when he had said these 
things, all his adversaries were ashamed : 
and all the people rejoiced for all the 
glorious things that were done by him. 

Then said he, iC Unto what is the 
" kingdom of God like ? and whereunto 
" shall I resemble it ? It is like a grain 
<; of mustard seed, which a man took, 
A a 



186 parables: the mustard seed ; the leaven. 



" and cast into his garden ; and it grew, 
" and waxed a great tree ; and the fowls 
" of the air lodged in the branches of 
" it." And again he said, " Whereunto 
(t shall I liken the kingdom of God ? 
" It is like leaven, which a woman took 
" and hid in three measures of meal, till 
" the whole was leavened." 

And he went through the cities and 
villages, teaching, and journeying to- 
ward Jerusalem. 

Then said one unto him, Lord, are 
there few that be saved ? And he said 
unto them, " Strive to enter in at the 
" strait gate : for many, I say unto you, 
" will seek to enter in, and shall not be 
" able. When once the Master of the 
" house is risen up, and hath shut to 
" the door, and ye begin to stand with- 
" out, and to knock at the door, saying, 
" Lord, Lord, open unto us ; and he 
" shall answer and say unto you, I know 
" you not whence ye are : then shall ye 
" begin to say, We have eaten and drunk 
" in thy presence, and thou hast taught 
" in our streets. But he shall say, I 
" tell you, I know you not whence ye 
" are ; depart from me, all ye workers 
" of iniquity. There shall be weeping 
" and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall 
" see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, 



THE STRAIT GATE. 



187 



" and all the prophets, in the kingdom 
" of God, and you yourselves thrust out. 
" And they shall come from the east, and 
" from the west, and from the north, and 
" from the south, and shall sit down in 
" the kingdom of God. And, behold, 
" there are last which shall be first, and 
" there are first which shall be last. 5 ' 

The same day there came certain of 
the pharisees, saying unto him, Get 
thee out, and depart hence : for Herod 
will kill thee. And he said unto them, 
u Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I 
" cast out devils, and I do cures to-day 
"and to-morrow, and the third day I 
" shall be perfected. Nevertheless I 
"must walk to-day, and to-morrow, and 
" the day following : for it cannot be 
" that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem. 
" 0 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest 
" the prophets, and stonest them that 
" are sent unto thee ; how often would 
u I have gathered thy children together, 
"as a hen doth gather her brood under 
" her wings, and ye would not ! Behold, 
"your house is left unto you desolate: 
" and verily I say unto you, ye shall not 
" see me, until the time come when ye 
" shall say, Blessed is he that cometh 
" in the name of the Lord." 

And it came to pass, as he went into 



188 JESUS HEALS A MAN WHO HAD THE DROPSY. 

the house of one of the chief pharisees 
to eat bread on the sabbath day,, that 
they watched him. And, behold, there 
was a certain man before him which had 
the dropsy. And Jesus answering spake 
unto the lawyers and pharisees, saying, 
" Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath 
" day ?" And they held their peace. 
And he took him, and healed him, and 
let him go ; and answered them, saying, 
" Which of you shall have an ass or an 
" ox fallen into a pit, and will not 
" straightway pull him out on the sab- 
" bath day ?" And they could not an- 
swer him again to these things. 

And he put forth a parable to those 
which were bidden, when he marked how 
they chose out the chief rooms ; saying 
unto them, " When thou art bidden of 
" any man to a wedding, sit not down 
"in the highest room; lest a more 
" honourable man than thou be bidden 
" of him ; and he that bade thee and 
"him come and say to thee, Give this 
" man place ; and thou begin with shame 
" to take the lowest room. But when 
" thou art bidden, go, and sit down in 
"the lowest room; that when he that 
"bade thee cometh, he may say unto 
"thee, Friend, go up higher: thenshalt 
" thou have worship in the presence of 



PARABLES : THE MARRIAGE EE AST. 



189 



"them that sit at meat with thee. For 
" whosoever exalteth himself shall he 
"abased; and he that humbleth him- 
" self shall be exalted." 

Then said he also to him that bade 
him, " When thou makest a dinner or a 
u supper, call not thy friends, nor thy 
" brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy 
" rich neighbours ; lest they also bid 
"thee again, and a recompence be made 
" thee. But when thou makest a feast, 
M call the poor, the maimed, the lame, 
" the blind ; and thou shalt be blessed ; 
" for they cannot recompense thee: for 
" thou shalt be recompensed at the re- 
" surrection of the just." 

And when one of them that sat at 
meat with him heard these things, he 
said unto him, Blessed is he that shall 
eat bread in the kingdom of God. Then 
said he unto him, "A certain man made 
" a great supper, and bade many : and 
"sent his servant at supper time to say 
" to them that were bidden, Come ; 
"for all things are now ready. And 
'"'they all with one consent began to 
" make excuse. The first said unto him, 
u I have bought a piece of ground, and 
" I must needs go and see it : I pray 
" thee have me excused. And another 
u said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, 



190 THE GREAT SUPPER; THE PRUDENT BUILDER. 

" and I go to prove them : I pray thee 
" have me excused. And another said, 
" I have married a wife, and therefore I 
" cannot come. So that servant came, 
" and showed his lord these things. 
"Then the master of the house being 
" angry said to his servant, Go out 
" quickly into the streets and lanes of 
" the city, and bring in hither the poor, 
" and the maimed, and the halt, and the 
"blind. And the servant said, Lord, it 
"is done as thou hast commanded, and 
" yet there is room. And the lord said 
" unto the servant, Go out into the high- 
ways and hedges, and compel them to 
" come in, that my house may be filled. 
"For I say unto you, That none of 
" those men which were bidden shall 
" taste of my supper." 

And there went great multitudes with 
him : and he turned, and said unto them, 
"If any man come to me, and hate 
" not his father, and mother, and wife, 
" and children, and brethren, and sisters, 
" yea, and his own life also, he cannot 
" be my disciple. And whosoever doth 
"not bear his cross, and come after me, 
" cannot be my disciple. For which of 
" you, intending to build a tower, sitteth 
"not down first, and counteth the cost, 
" whether he have sufficient to finish it? 



THE PRUDENT BUILDER ; THE LOST SHEEP. 

"Lest haply, after he hath laid the 
" foundation, and is not able to finish 
"it, all that behold it begin to mock 
"him, saying, This man began to build, 
" and was not able to finish. Or, what 
"king, going to make war against ano- 
" ther king, sitteth not down first, and 
" consulteth whether he be able with 
" ten thousand to meet him that cometh 
" against him with twenty thousand ? 
" Or else, while the other is yet a great 
" way off, he sendeth an ambassage, 
" and desireth conditions of peace. So 
" likewise, whosoever he be of you that 
"forsaketh not all that he hath, he can- 
" not be my disciple. 

" Salt is good : but if the salt have 
"lost his savour, wherewith shall it be 
" seasoned ? It is neither fit for the 
" land, nor yet for the dunghill ; but men 
" cast it out. He that hath ears to 
"hear, let him hear." 

Then drew near unto him all the 
publicans and sinners for to hear him. 
And the pharisees and scribes murmured, 
saying, This man receiveth sinners, and 
eateth with them. And he spake this 
parable unto them, saying, " What man 
" of you, having an hundred sheep, if 
" he lose one of them, doth not leave 
" the ninety and nine in the wilderness, 



THE LOST PIECE OF SILVER. 

" and go after that which is lost, until 
" he find it ? And when he hath found 
"it, he layeth it on his shoulders, re- 
joicing. And when he cometh home, 
"he calleth together his friends and 
"neighbours, saying unto them, Eejoice 
"with me; fori have found my sheep 
' 4 which was lost. I say unto you, that 
"likewise joy shall he in heaven over 
"one sinner that repenteth, more than 
" over ninety and nine just persons, 
" which need no repentance. 

" Either what woman, having ten 
"pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, 
" doth not light a candle, and sweep the 
" house, and seek diligently till she find 
" it ? and when she hath found it, she 
" calleth her friends and her neighbours 
" together, saying, Rejoice with me ; for 
" I have found the piece which I had 
"lost. Likewise, I say unto you, there 
"is joy in the presence of the angels of 
" God over one sinner that repenteth." 

And he said, " A certain man had two 
" sons : and the younger of them said 
" to his father, Father, give me the por- 
" tion of goods that falleth to me. And 
"he divided unto them his living. And 
" not many days after the younger son 
"gathered all together, and took his 
"journey into a far country, and there 



THE PRODIGAL SOX. 



193 



"'"'wasted his substance with riotous liv- 
"ing. And when he had spent all, 
"there arose a mighty famine in that 
" land ; and he began to be in want. 
"And he went and joined himself to a 
" citizen of that country ; and he sent 
" him into his fields to feed swine. And 
" he would fain have filled his belly with 
" the husks that the swine did eat : and 
" no man gave unto him. And when 
" he came to himself, he said, How many 
"hired servants of my father's have 
"bread enough and to spare, and I 
" perish with hunger ! I will arise, and 
" go to my father, and will say unto him, 
" Father, I have sinned against heaven, 
" and before thee, and am no more wor- 
lf thy to be called thy son : make me as 
" one of thy hired servants. And he 
" arose, and came to Ins father. But 
"when he was yet a great way off, his 
" father saw him, and had compassion, 
" and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed 
" liim. And the son said unto him, Fa- 
" ther, I have sinned against heaven, and 
"in thy sight, and am no more worthy 
" to be called thy son. But the father 
" said to his servants, Bring forth the 
" best robe, and put it on him ; and put 
" a ring on his hand, and shoes on his 
" feet : and bring hither the fatted calf. 
b b 



194 



THE PRODIGAL SON. 



"and kill it; and let us eat, and be 
" merry : for this my son was dead, and is 
" alive again ; he was lost, and is found. 
"And they began to be merry. Now 
" his elder son was in the field : and as 
"he came and drew nigh to the house, 
" he heard music and dancing. And he 
" called one of the servants, and asked 
" what these things meant. And he said 
" unto him, Thy brother is come ; and thy 
"father hath killed the fatted calf, be- 
" cause he hath received him safe and 
" sound. And he was angry, and would 
" not go in : therefore came his father 
"out, and entreated him. And he an- 
" swering said to his father, Lo, these 
"many years do I serve thee, neither 
" transgressed I at any time thy com- 
"mandment : and yet thou never gavest 
"me a kid, that I might make merry 
" with my friends : but as soon as this 
" thy son was come, which hath devoured 
" thy living with harlots, thou hast killed 
" for him the fatted calf. And he said 
" unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, 
" all that I have is thine. It was meet 
" that we should make merry, and be glad : 
"for this thy brother was dead, and is 
" alive again; and was lost, and is found." 

And he said also unto his disciples, 
" There was a certain rich man, which 



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195 



" had a steward ; and the same was ac- 
" cused unto him that he had wasted his 
" goods. And he called him, and said 
" unto him, How is it that I hear this of 
" thee ? give an account of thy steward- 
" ship ; for thou mayest he no longer 
cc steward. Then the steward said within 
" himself, What shall I do ? for my Lord 
" taketh away from me the stewardship : 
" I cannot dig ; to beg I am ashamed. 
" I am resolved what to do, that, when 
" I am put out of the stewardship, they 
" may receive me into their houses. So 
" he called every one of his lord's debt- 
" ors unto him, and said unto the first, 
" How much owest thou unto my lord ? 
" And he said, An hundred measures of 
" oil. And he said unto him, Take thy 
" bill, and sit down quickly, and write 
" fifty. Then said he to another, And 
" how much owest thou ? And he said, 

An hundred measures of wheat. And 
" he said unto him, Take thy bill, and 
" write fourscore. And the lord com- 
" mended the unjust steward, because 
££ he had done wisely : for the children 
" of this world are in their generation 
ic wiser than the children of light. And 
" I say unto you, Make to yourselves 
" friends of the mammon of unright- 

eousness ; that, when ye fail, they may 



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PARABLE OF THE UNJUST STEWARD. 



" receive you into everlasting habita- 
" tions. He that is faithful in that 
" which is least is faithful also in much : 
" and he that is unjust in the least is 
" unjust also in much. If therefore ye 
" have not been faithful in the unright- 
" eous mammon, who will commit to 
" your trust the true riches ? And if 
" ye have not been faithful in that which 
" is another man's, who shall give you 
ee that which is your own ? No servant 
" can serve two masters : for either he 
" will hate the one, and love the other ; 
" or else he will hold to the one, and 
" despise the other. Ye cannot serve 
" God and mammon/' 

And the pharisees also, who were 
covetous, heard all these things : and 
they derided him. And he said unto 
them, "Ye are they which justify your- 
" selves before men; but God knoweth 
" your hearts : for that which is highly 
" esteemed among men is abomination 
" in the sight of God. The Law and 
(i the Prophets were until John : since 
" that time the kingdom of God is 
" preached, and every man presseth into 
(i it. And it is easier for heaven and 
" earth to pass, than one tittle of the 
(i Law to fail. Whosoever putteth away 
" his wife, and marrieth another, com- 



PARABLE OF THE RICH MAX AND LAZARUS. 197 

" mitteth adultery : and whosoever mar- 
"rieth her that is put away from her 
44 husband committeth adultery. 

44 There was a certain rich man which 
" was clothed in purple and fine linen, 
" and fared sumptuously every day : 
" and there was a certain beggar named 
" Lazarus, which was laid at his gate 
" full of sores, afld desiring to be fed 
" with the crumbs which fell from the 
" rich man's table : moreover the dogs 
" came and licked his sores. And it 
44 came to pass, that the beggar died, 
" and was carried by the angels into 
44 Abraham's bosom : the rich man also 
" died, and was buried ; and in hell he 
" lift up his eyes, being in torments, 
u and seeth Abraham. afar off, and La- 
" zarus in his bosom. And he cried 
(i and said, Father Abraham, have mercy 
44 on me, and send Lazarus, that he may 
" dip the tip of his finger in water, and 
44 cool my tongue ; for I am tormented 
44 in this flame. But Abraham said, 
" Son, remember that thou in thy life- 
time receivedst thy good things, and 
44 likewise Lazarus evil things : but now 
" he is comforted, and thou art tor- 
" mented. And beside all this, between 
44 us and you there is a great gulf fixed : 
44 so that they which would pass from 



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JESUS ENCOURAGES FORGIVENESS. 



" hence to you cannot ; neither can 
" they pass to us, that would come from 
" thence. Then he said, I pray thee 
" therefore, father, that thou wouldest 
(( send him to my father's house : for I 
c< have fire brethren ; that he may testify 
" unto them, lest they also come into 
" this place of torment. Abraham saith 
" unto him, They have Moses and the 
" Prophets ; let them hear them. And 
" he said, Nay, father Abraham : but if 
" one went unto them from the dead, 
" they will repent. And he said unto 
" him, If they hear not Moses and the 
" Prophets, neither will they be per- 
"suaded, though one rose from the 
" dead." 

Then said he unto his disciples, " It 
"is impossible but that offences will 
" come : but woe unto him, through 
" whom they come ! It were better for 
" him that a millstone were hanged 
" about his neck, and he cast into the 
" sea, than that he should offend one of 
" these little ones. Take heed to your- 
" selves : if thy brother trespass against 
" thee, rebuke him ; and if he repent, 
" forgive him. And if he trespass 
({ against thee seven times in a day, and 
" seven times in a day turn again to 
" thee, saying, I repent ; thou shalt for- 
" give him/' 



PARABLE OF THE DUTIFUL SERVANT. J 99 



And the apostles said unto the Lord, 
Increase our faith. And the Lord said. 
" If ye had faith as a grain of mustard 
if seed, ye might say unto this sycamine 
" tree, Be thou plucked up hy the root, 
" and be thou planted in the sea; and 
" it should obey you. 

" But which of you, having a servant 
" plowing, or feeding cattle, will say 
'* unto him by and by, when he is come 
" from the field, Go and sit down to 
" meat ? And will not rather say unto him, 
" Make ready wherewith I may sup, and 
" gird thyself, and serve me, till I have 
" eaten and drunken ; and afterward thou 
" shalt eat and drink ? Doth he thank 
" that servant because he did the things 
" that were commanded him ? I trow 
" not. So likewise ye, when ye shall 
" have done all those things which are 
" commanded you, say, We are unprofit- 
" able servants : we have done that which 
" was our duty to do." 

3 And it came to pass, that when Jesus 3 Mat. xix. l. 
had finished these sayings, 4 and the time 4 Luke ix. 51. 
was come that he should be received up, 
5 he arose from thence, and ^departed 5 Mark x. l. 
from Galilee ; and 4 he stedfastly set his 
face to go to Jerusalem. 

6 And it came to pass, as he went to 6 Lk. xvii. 11. 
Jerusalem, that he passed through the 



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JESUS HEALS TEN LEPERS. 



7 Lk. ix. 52-56. midst of Samaria and Galilee. 7 And he 
sent messengers before Iris face : and 
they went, and entered into a village of 
the Samaritans, to make ready for him. 
And they did not receive him, because 
his face was as though he would go to 
Jerusalem. And when his disciples 
James and John saw this, they said, 
Lord, wilt thou that we command fire 
to come down from heaven, and consume 
them, even as Elias did ? But he turned, 
and rebuked them, and said, " Ye know 
" not what manner of spirit ye are of. 
" For the Son of man is not come to 
" destroy men's lives, but to save them." 
And they went to another village. 

8Lk xvS ' 14~" 8 ^ n d as he entered into a certain vil- 
lage, there met him ten men that were 
lepers, which stood afar off: and they 
lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, 
Master, have mercy on us. And when 
he saw them, he said unto them, " Go 
" show yourselves unto the priests/' 
And it came to pass, that, as they went, 
they were cleansed. And one of them, 
when he saw that he was healed, turned 
back, and with a loud voice glorified 
God, and fell down on his face at his 
feet, giving him thanks : and he was a 
Samaritan. And Jesus answering said, 
" Were there not ten cleansed ? but 



JESUS FORETELS THE COMING OF HIS KINGDOM. 201 

" where are the nine ? There are not 
" found that returned to give glory to 
" God, save this stranger." And he said 
unto him, "Arise, go thy way: thy faith 
"hath made thee whole." 

And when he was demanded of the 
pharisees, when the kingdom of God 
should come, he answered them and 
said, "The kingdom of God comethnot 
" with observation : neither shall they 
" say, Lo, here ! or, Lo, there ! for, 
" behold, the kingdom of God is within 
" you." 

And he said unto the disciples, " The 
" days will come, when ye shall desire 
" tc &ee one of the days of the Son of 
" man, and ye shall not see it. And 
" they shall say to you, See here ! or, 
" See there ! go not after them, nor fol- 
" low them. For as the lightning, that 
" lighteneth out of the one part under 
" heaven, shineth unto the other part 
" under heaven ; so shall also the Son 
" of man be in his day. But first must 
" he suffer many things, and be rejected 
" of this generation. And as it was in 
" the days of Noe, so shall it be also in 
"the days of the Son of man. They 
" did eat, they drank, they married 
" wives, they were given in marriage, 
" until the day that Xoe entered into 
c c 



JESUS FORETELS THE COMING OF HIS KINGDOM. 

" the ark, and the flood came, and de- 
" stroyed them all. Likewise also as it 
" was in the days of Lot ; they did eat, 
" they drank, they bought, they sold, 
" they planted, they huilded ; but the 
" same day that Lot went out of Sodom 
" it rained fire and brimstone from hea- 
" ven, and destroyed them all. Even so 
" shall it be in the day when the Son of 
" man is revealed. In that day, he 
" which shall be upon the housetop, and 
" his stuff in the house, let him not 
" come down to take it away : and he 
" that is in the field, let him likewise 
kt not return back. Eemember Lot's 
" wife. Whosoever shall seek to save 
" his life shall lose it ; and whosoever 
" shall lose his life shall preserve it. I 
" tell you, in that night there shall be 
" two men in one bed ; the one shall be 
" taken, and the other shall be left. 
(( Two women shall be grinding toge- 
" ther ; the one shall be taken, and the 
" other left. Two men shall be in the 
" field ; the one shall be taken, and the 
" other left/' And they answered and 
said unto him, Where, Lord ? And he 
said unto them, c£ Wheresoever the body 
" is, thither will the eagles be gathered 
" together." 

And he spake a parable unto them to 



PARABLE OF THE UNJUST JUDGE. 



203 



this end, that men ought always to pray, 
and not to faint ; saying, " There was 
"in a city a judge, which feared not 
" God, neither regarded man : and there 
"was a widow in that city; and she 
" came unto him, saying, Avenge me of 
" mine adversary. And he would not 
" for a while : but afterward he said 
" within himself, Though I fear not God, 
" nor regard man ; yet because this 
" widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, 
" lest by her continual coming she weary 
" me." And the Lord said, " Hear what 
" the unjust judge saith. And shall not 
" God avenge his own elect, which cry 
" day and night unto him, though he 
" bear long with them ? I tell you that 
" he will avenge them speedily. Never - 
" theless when the Son of man cometh, 
" shall he find faith on the earth ?" 

And he spake this parable unto cer- 
tain which trusted in themselves that 
they were righteous, and despised others : 
" Two men went up into the temple to 
" pray ; the one a pharisee, and the other 
" a publican. The pharisee stood and 
" prayed thus with himself, God, I thank 
" thee, that I am not as other men are, 
" extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even 
" as this publican. I fast twice in the 

week, I give tithes of all that I pos- 



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JESUS VISITS THE TEMPLE, 



" sess. And the publican, standing afar 
" off, would not lift up so much as his 
" eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his 
" breast, saying, God be merciful to me 
" a sinner ! I tell you, this man went 
" down to his house justified rather than 
" the other : for every one that exalteth 
" himself shall be abased ; and he that 
" humbleth himself shall be exalted." 
9 John x. 22-40 9 And it was at Jerusalem the feast of 
the dedication, and it was winter. And 
Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's 
porch. Then came the Jews round 
about him, and said unto him, How 
long dost thou make us to doubt ? If 
thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. Jesus 
answered them, "I told you, and ye 
" believed not : the works that I do in 
" my Father's name, they bear witness 
" of me. But ye believe not, because 
" ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto 
" you. My sheep hear my voice, and I 
" know them, and they follow me : and 
" I give unto them eternal life ; and 
" they shall never perish, neither shall 
"any man pluck them out of my hand. 
"My Father, which gave them me, is 
" greater than all ; and no man is able 
" to pluck them out of my Father's 
" hands. I and my Father are one." 
Then the Jews took up stones again 



AT THE FEAST OF DEDICATION. 



.205 



to stone him. Jesus answered them, 
" Many good works have I showed you 
" from my Father ; for which of those 
"works do ye stone me?" The Jews 
answered him, saying, For a good work 
we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; 
and because that thou, being a man, 
makest thyself God. Jesus answered 
them, " Is it not written in your law, I 
" said, ye are gods. If he called them 
" gods, unto whom the word of God 
"came, and the Scripture cannot be 
" broken ; say ye of him whom the 
" Father hath sanctified, and sent into 
"the w^orld, Thou blasphemest; because 
" I said, I am the Son of God ? If I 
" do not the works of my Father, believe 
" me not. But if I do, though ye be- 
" lieve not me, believe the works : that 
"ye may know, and believe, that the 
"Father is in me, and I in him." 

Therefore they sought again to take 
him : but he escaped out of their hand, 
and went away again lo into the coasts of 10 Mark x. l. 
Judsea, by the farther side of Jordan, 
9 into the place where John at first bap- 
tized ; and there he abode. 11 And great n Matt.xix. 2. 
multitudes followed him; and he healed 
them there. 12 And many resorted unto 12 Jolm x. 41. 
him, and said, John did no miracle : but 
all things that John spake of this man 



200 



JESUS FORBIDS DIVORCE. 



were true. 10 And, as he was wont, he 

13 Joim x. 42. taught them again : 13 and many believed 
on him there. 

u Matt. xix. 3. 14 The pharisees also came unto him, 
tempting him, and saying unto him, Is 
it lawful for a man to put away his wife 

15 Mark x. 3,4. for every cause ? 15 And he answered and 
said unto them, " What did Moses com- 
"mand you?" And they said, Moses 
suffered to write a bill of divorcement, 

16 Matt. xix. 4. an d to put her away. 16 And he answered 
and said unto them, " Have ye not read, 

"Mark x. 6. " that r/ from the beginning of the creation 

18 Mat.xix.5-7. " God made them male and female, 18 and 
" said, For this cause shall a man leave 
"father and mother, and shall cleave 
u to his wife : and they twain shall be 
"one flesh ? Wherefore they are no 
"more twain, but one flesh. What 
66 therefore God hath joined together, 
" let not man put asunder." They say 
unto him, Why did Moses then com- 
mand to give a writing of divorcement, 

19 Mark x. 5. a nd to put her away ? 19 And Jesus an- 
swered and said unto them, " For the 
" hardness of your heart he wrote you 

2() Mat. xix. 8. " this precept, and ^suffered you to put 
" away your wives : but from the begin- 
" ning it was not so." 

21 Markx 10,11 21 And in the house his disciples asked 
him again of the same matter. And he 



JESUS BLESSES LITTLE CHILDREN. 



•207 



saith unto them, s " I say unto you, ^Mat. xix. 9. 

"whosoever shall put away his wife, 

" except it be for fornication, and shall 

"many another, committeth adultery 

a " against her : - 2 and whoso marrieth 

"her which is put away doth commit 

" adultery. 23 And if a woman shall put "Mark x. 12. 

" away her husband, and be married to 

" another, she committeth adultery." 

24 His disciples say unto him, If the case 24;Mt.xix.io,i3 

of the man be so with his wife, it is not 

good to marry. But he said unto them, 

"AH men cannot receive this saying, save 

" they to whom it is given. For there 

" are some eunuchs, which were so born 

" from their mother's womb : and there 

" are some eunuchs, which were made 

" eunuchs of men : and there be eunuchs, 

"which have made themselves eunuchs 

" for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He 

"that is able to receive it, let him re- 

" ceive it." 

Then were there brought unto him lit- 
tie children, that he should put his hands 
on them, and pray : and the disciples 
rebuked "^those that brought them. But 2o^ iX> is 9 u m 
when Jesus saw it, he was much dis- 
pleased, and ^called them unto him, and ^Lk.xyiii. iQ t 
27 said unto them, " Suffer the little chil- 2?Mk.x.i4,i5. 
"dren to come unto me, and forbid 
" them not : for of such is the kingdom 



208 JESUS DISCOURSES WITH A RICH YOUNG RULER. 



" of God. Verily I say unto you, Who- 
" soever shall not receive the kingdom 

^Lk. xviii. 17. "of God as a little child, he shall 28 in 

29Markx. 16. " no wise 27 enter therein." ^And he 
took them up in his arms, put his hands 

soMt.xix.15,16 upon them , and blessed them, ^and de- 
parted thence. 

31 Mrk. x. 17. And, behold, 31 when he was gone 

32 Lk. xviii. 18. forth into the way, there came 32 a certain 
ruler, 31 running, and kneeled to him, 
and asked him, 32 saying, 3l Good Master, 
what 30 good thing 31 shall I do, that I 

ssMark x. 18. may inherit eternal life ? 33 And Jesus 
said unto him, " Why callest thou me 
" good ? there is none good but one, 

34 Mt.xix.i7,i8 " that is, God : 34 but if thou wilt enter 
"into life, keep the commandments/' 
He saith unto him, Which ? Jesus said, 

ssMark x. 19. 35« ^hou knowest the commandments : 
34 " Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt 
" not commit adultery, Thou shalt not 
" steal, Thou shalt not bear false wit- 
- 36Mt.xix.i9,20 "ness, 35 Defraud not, 36 Honcur thy 
"father and thy mother: and, Thou 
" shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.'' 

37 Mark x. 20. ^ Q young man 37 answered and said 
unto him, Master, 36 A11 these things 
have I kept from my youth up : what 

38 Lk. xviii. 22. lack I yet ? 38 Now when Jesus heard 

3 9Mark x. 21. these things, he 39 beholding him loved 
him, and said unto him, 38 " Yet lackest 



JESUS DISCOURSES WITH A RICH YOUNG RULER. 209 



" thou one thing : 40 if thou wilt be per- ^j att x - lXi 21. 
" feet, ^go thy way, sell whatsoever thou 
" hast, and 38 distribute 39 to the poor, and 
" thou shalt have treasure in heaven : 
" and come, take up the cross, and fol- 
low me." 41 But when the young man «Mat. xix. 22. 
heard that saying, 42 he was 43 very sor- ^ k ^. ;^" 24 
rowful, 4 ' 2 and went away grieved : for he 
had great possessions. 43 And when 
Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, 
he 44 looked round about, and saith unto ^Mk. x. 23-25 
his disciples, " How hardly shall they 
" that have riches enter into the kingdom 
"of God!" And the disciples were as- 
tonished at his words. But Jesus an- 
swered again, and saith unto them, 
" Children, how hard is it for them that 
" trust in riches to enter into the king- 
" dom of God ! It is easier for a camel 
" to go through the eye of a needle, than 
"for a rich man to enter into the king- 
dom of God." «When his disciples 45Mat - xix - 25 - 
heard it, 46 they were astonished out of ^Mk.x. 26,27. 
measure, saying among themselves, 
Who then can be saved ? And Jesus 
looking upon them saith, "With men 
" it is impossible, but not with God : for 
" with God all things are possible." 

47 Then answered Peter and said unto 47 Mat. xix. 27. 
him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and 
followed thee ; wdiat shall we have there - 
d d 



210 PARABLE OF THE LABOURERS IN THE VINEYARD. 



*sMark x. 29. f ore ? 48\ n( J J egus answere( J an( J 

»Mt.xix.28,29 49 unt0 them5 "Verily I say unto you, 
" That ye which have followed me, in the 
" regeneration when the Son of man shall 
"sit in the throne of his glory, ye also 
" shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging 
" the twelve trihes of Israel. And every 
" one that hath forsaken houses, or breth- 
ren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or 
"wife, or children, or lands, for my 

soLk. xviii.29. "name's sake, 50 and for the kingdom of 

51 Mk.x. 30,31. "God's sake, 51 shall receive an hundred- 
"fold now in this time, Jiouses, and 
" brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and 
" children, and lands, with persecutions ; 
" and in the world to come, eternal life. 
"But many that are first shall be last, 
" and the last first. 

52 Mt. xx. 1-16. 52 "For the kingdom of heaven is like 
"unto a man that is an householder, 
" which went out early in the morning to 
" hire labourers into his vineyard. And 
" when he had agreed with the labourers 
" for a penny a day, he sent them into 
"his vineyard. And he went out about 
" the third hour, and saw others standing 
" idle in the market-place, and said unto 
" them, Go ye also into the vineyard, 
" and whatsoever is right I will give you. 
" And they went their way. Again he 
" went out about the sixth and ninth 



PARABLE OF THE LABOURERS IN THE VINEYARD. 211 

" hour, and did likewise. And about the 
" eleventh hour he went out, and found 
" others standing idle, and saith unto 
"thera, Why stand ye here all the day 
"idle? They say unto hiin, Because 
" no man hath hired us. He saith unto 
" them, Go ye also into the vineyard ; 
" and whatsoever is right, that shall ye 
"receive. So when even was come, 
"the lord of the vineyard saith unto his 
" steward, Call the labourers, and give 
"them their hire, beginning from the 
" last unto the first. And when they 
" came that were hired about the eleventh 
" hour, they received every man a penny. 
" But when the first came, they supposed 
"that they should have received more; 
" and they likewise received every man 
" a penny. And when they had received 
"it, they murmured against the good 
"man of the house, saying, These last 
" have wrought but one hour, and thou 
"hast made them equal unto us, which 
" have borne the burden and heat of the 
" day. But he answered one of them, 
" and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong : 
" didst not thou agree with me for a pen- 
"ny ? Take that thine is, and go thy 
"way : I will give unto this last even as 
" unto thee. Is it not lawful for me to 
" do what I will with mine own ? Is 



212 THE SICKNESS AND DEATH OF LAZARUS. 

(( thine eye evil, because I am good ? 
" So the last shall be first, and the first 
"last: for many be called, but few 

" chosen/' 

53 Johnxi. 1-57 53 Now a certain man was sick, named 
Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary 
and her sister Martha. (It was that 
Mary which anointed the Lord with 
ointment, and wiped his feet with her 
hair, w T hose brother Lazarus was sick.) 
Therefore his sisters sent unto him, say- 
ing, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest 
is sick. When Jesus heard that, he 
said, " This sickness is not unto death, 
" but for the glory of God, that the Son 
" of God might be glorified thereby." Now 
Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and 
Lazarus. When he had heard therefore 
that he was sick, he abode two days still 
in the same place where he was. Then 
after that saith he to his disciples, " Let 
" us go into Judsea again." His disciples 
say unto him, Master, the Jews of late 
sought to stone thee; and goest thou 
thither again ? Jesus answered, " Are 
" there not twelve hours in the day ? If 
" any man walk in the day, he stum- 
" bleth not, because he seeth the light 
" of this world. But if a man walk in 
" the night, he stumbleth, because there 
" is no light in him." 



THE SICKNESS AND DEATH OF LAZARUS. 



213 



These things said he : and after that 
he saith unto them, " Our friend Laza- 
" rus sleepeth ; but I go, that I may 
" awake him out of sleep." Then said 
his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall 
do well. Howbeit Jesus spake of his 
death : but they thought that he had 
spoken of taking rest in sleep. Then 
said Jesus unto them plainly, " Lazarus 
" is dead. And I am glad for your sakes 
" that I was not there, to the intent ye 
" may believe ; nevertheless let us go 
" unto him." Then said Thomas, which 
is called Didymus, unto his fellow dis- 
ciples, Let us also go, that we may die 
with him. 

Then when Jesus came, he found that 
he had lain in the grave four days already. 
Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, 
about fifteen furlongs off: and many of 
the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to 
comfort them concerning their brother. 
Then Martha, as soon as she heard that 
Jesus was coming, went and met him : 
but Mary sat still in the house. Then 
said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou 
hadst been here, my brother had not 
died. But I know that even now, what- 
soever thou wilt ask of God, God will 
give it thee. Jesus saith unto her, 
" Thy brother shall rise again." Martha 



214 



JESUS RAISES LAZARUS. 



saith unto him, I know that he shall 
rise again in the resurrection at the last 
day. Jesus said unto her, " I am the 
" resurrection, and the life : he that be- 
" lieveth in me, though he were dead, 
" yet shall he live : and whosoever liveth 
" and believeth in me shall never die. 
" Believest thou this ?" She saith unto 
him, Yea, Lord : I believe that thou art 
the Christ, the Son of God, which should 
come into the world. 

And when she had so said, she went 
her way, and called Mary her sister se- 
cretly, saying, The Master is come, and 
calleth for thee. As soon as she heard 
that, she arose quickly, and came unto 
him. (Now Jesus was not yet come into 
the town, but was in that place where 
Martha met him.) The Jews then which 
were with her in the house, and com- 
forted her, when they saw Mary, that 
she rose up hastily and went out, fol- 
lowed her, saying, She goeth unto the 
grave to weep there. Then when Mary 
was come where Jesus was, and saw 
him, she fell down at his feet, saying 
unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, 
my brother had not died. When Jesus 
therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews 
also weeping which came with her, he 
groaned in the spirit, and was troubled. 



JESUS RAISES LAZARUS, 



215 



and said, " Where have ye laid him ?" 
They said unto him, Lord, come and see. 
Jesus wept. Then said the Jews, Behold 
how he loved him ! And some of them 
said, Could not this man, which opened 
the eyes of the blind, have caused that 
even this man should not have died ? 
Jesus therefore again groaning in himself 
cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and 
a stone lay upon it. Jesus said, "Take 
" ye away the stone." Martha, the sis- 
ter of him that was dead, saith unto him, 
Lord, by this time he stinketh : for he 
hath been dead four days. Jesus saith 
unto her, " Said I not unto thee, that if 
" thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest 
" see the glory of God V Then they 
took away the stone from the place 
where the dead was laid. And Jesus 
lifted up his eyes, and said, " Father, I 
" thank thee that thou hast heard me. 
" And I knew that thou hearest me al- 
" ways : but because of the people which 
" stand by I said it, that they may be- 
" lieve that thou hast sent me." And 
when he thus had spoken, he cried with 
a loud voice, " Lazarus, come forth." 
And he that was dead came forth, bound 
hand and foot with grave clothes : and 
his face was bound about with a napkin. 
Jesus saith unto them, " Loose him, 
i: and let him go." 



CAIAPHAS PREDICTS THE DEATH OF JESUS. 

Then many of the Jews which came 
to Mary, and had seen the things which 
Jesus did, believed on him. But some 
of them went their ways to the pharisees, 
and told them what things Jesus had 
done. Then gathered the chief priests 
and the pharisees a council, and said, 
What do we ? for this man cloeth many 
miracles. If we let him thus alone, all 
men will believe on him : and the Ro- 
mans shall come and take away both 
our place and nation. And one of them, 
named Caiaphas, being the high priest 
that same year, said unto them, Ye know 
nothing at all, nor consider that it is 
expedient for us, that one man should 
die for the people, and that the whole 
nation perish not. (And this spake he 
not of himself: but being high priest 
that year, he prophesied that Jesus 
should die for that nation ; and not for 
that nation only, but that also he should 
gather together in one the children of 
God that were scattered abroad.) 

Then from that day forth they took 
counsel together to put him to death. 
Jesus therefore walked no more openly 
among the Jews ; but went thence unto 
a country near to the wilderness, into a 
city called Ephraim, and there continued- 
with his disciples. 



JESUS FORETELS HIS SUFFERINGS 



217 



And the Jews' passover was nigh at 
hand: and many went out of the coun- 
try up to Jerusalem before the passover, 
to purify themselves. Then sought they 
for Jesus, and spake among themselves, 
as they stood in the temple, What think 
ye, that he will not come to the feast ? 
Now both the chief priests and the 
pharisees had given a commandment, 
that, if any man knew where he were, 
he should show it, that they might take 
him. 

54 And they were in the way going up °^ Iark x - 32 - 
to Jerusalem ; and Jesus went before 
them: and they were amazed; and as 
they followed, they were afraid. And 
he took again the twelve ^disciples apart 55 Mt.xx.i:,is. 
in the way, ^and began to tell them 5 ^ :k - x - 32 > 33 - 
what things should happen unto him, say- 
ing, " Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, 
5T " and all things that are written by the 5T Lk.xviii3l 32 
"prophets concerning the Son of man 
" shall be accomplished. For he shall 
" be ^betrayed unto ^the chief priests, 
" and unto the scribes ; and they shall 
" condemn him to death, and shall de- 
" liver him to the Gentiles ; and he 
iT " shall be mocked, and spitefully en- 
" treated, and spitted on: ^and they £S Lk. xviii. 33. 
" shall scourge him, and 59 crucify him : 59 ?>Iat. xx. 19. 
*" and the third day he shall rise again/' 
e e 



218 JESUS CHECKS THE AMBITION OF JAMES AND JOHN 



60 Lk. xviii.34. ^And they understood none of these 
things : and this saying was hid from 
them, neither knew they the things 
which were spoken. 

6l Mat. xx, 20. 61 Then came to him the mother of 
Zebedee's children with her sons, ^James 

62 Mark x. 35. and John, 61 worshipping him, and ^say- 
ing, Master, we would that thou should- 
est do for us whatsoever we shall desire. 

63Mark x. 36. 63 And he saic] unto them ^ « W hat would 

"Matt. xx. 21. « ye that I should do for you?" "She saith 
unto him, Grant that these my two sons 

65 Mark x. 37. — 65 They said unto him, Grant unto us 
that we — may sit, 64 the one on thy right 
hand, G5 and the other on thy left hand, 

66Mat. xx. 22. in thy glory. 66 But Jesus answered and 

<"Mark x. 38. said 67 unto them, m ' Ye know not what 
" ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the 
" cup that I shall drink of, and to be 
6i baptized with the baptism that I am 
" baptized with ?" They say unto him, 

68 Mk.x. 39,40. We are able. 08 And Jesus said unto 
them, " Ye shall indeed drink of the cup 
" that I drink of ; and with the baptism 
" that I am baptized withal shall ye be 
i( baptized : but to sit on my right hand 
" and on my left hand is not mine to 
" give ; but it shall be given to them for 

^Mt.xx.23,24 " whom it is prepared 69 of my Father." 

™Mk.x.4i-46. And when the ten heard it, C9 they 70 be- 
gan to be much displeased, and 69 were 



JESUS HEALS BLIND BABTIVLEUS 



'219 



moved with indignation against the two 
brethren, 70 JarQes and John. But Jesus 
called them to him, and saith unto them. 
"Ye know that they which are account- 
i: ed to rule over the Gentiles exercise 
" lordship over them ; and their great 
"ones exercise authority upon them. 
" But so shall it not be anions' yon : but 
w whosoever will be great among you, 
u shall be your minister : and whosoever 
u of you will be the chief'est, shall be 
"sen-ant of all. For even the Son of 
u man came not to be ministered unto, 
" but to minister, and to give his life a 
'''ransom for many." 

And they came to Jericho. 71 And 71 Luke xix. l. 
Jesus entered and passed through Jeri- 
cho. T -And it came to pass, that "°as he 72 Lk. xviii. 35. 
went out of Jericho with his disciples 
and a great number of people, blind 
Bartimteus, the son of Timseus, sat by 
the highway side begging. 73 And hear- 73 Lkxviii36 37 
ing the multitude pass by, he asked 
what it meant. And they told him, that 
Jesus of Nazareth passeth by. 74 And 74 Mark x. 47. 
when he heard that it was Jesus of 
Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, 
Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy 
on me. "'And they which went before 75 Lk. xviii. 39. 
rebuked him: 76 and many charged him 76 Mrk.x.48,49 
that he should hold his peace : but he 



220 JESUS CALLS AND VISITS ZACCILEUS. 

cried the more a great deal, Thou son 
of David, have mercy on me. And Je- 
sus stood still, and commanded him to 

"Lk. xviii.40. be called, 77 and be brought unto him. 

76 And they call the blind man, saying 
unto him, Be of good comfort, rise ; he 

TOMarkx. 50. calleth thee. 78 And he, casting away 
his garment, rose, and came to Jesus. 
77 And when he was come near, he asked 

"Lk.xviii.4l. him, ^saying, "What wilt thou that I 

soMarkx. 51. " shall do unto thee?" And 80 the blind 
man 79 said, Lord, that I may receive 

81 Lk. xviii.42. my sight. 81 And Jesus said unto him, 

82 Mark x. 52. " Keceive thy sight, 8 ' 2 go thy way ; thy 
se faith hath made thee whole." And 
immediately he received his sight, and 

83 Lk.xviii. 43. followed Jesus in the way, 83 glorifying 
God : and all the people, when they saw 
it, gave praise unto God. 

§4 Lk.xix.2-28. 84 And, behold, there was a man named 
Zacchseus, which was the chief among 
the publicans, and he was rich. And 
he sought to see Jesus who he was; 
and could not for the press, because he 
was little of stature. And he ran before, 
and climbed up into a sycamore tree to 
see him : for he was to pass that way. 
And when Jesus came to the place, he 
looked up, and saw him, and said unto 
him, " Zacchseus, make haste, and come 
ie down ; for to day I must abide at thy 



PARABLE OF THE NOBLEMAN AND TEN SERVANTS. 221 



" house." And he made haste, and 
came down, and received him joyfully. 
And when they saw it, they all murmur- 
ed, saying, That he was gone to be guest 
with a man that is a sinner. And Zac- 
chaeus stood, and said unto the Lord ; 
Behold, Lorn, the half of my goods I 
give to the poor ; and if I have taken 
any thing from any man by false accu- 
sation, I restore him fourfold. And 
Jesus said unto him, "This day is sal- 
" vation come to this house, forsomuch 
" as he also is a son of Abraham. For 
" the Son of man is come to seek and to 
" save that which was lost." 

And as they heard these things, he 
added and spake a parable, because he 
was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they 
thought that the kingdom of God should 
immediately appear. He said therefore, 
"A certain nobleman went into a far 
" country to receive for himself a king- 
" dom, and to return. And he called his 
" ten servants, and delivered them ten 
" pounds, and said unto them, Occupy 
" till I come. But his citizens hated 
" him, and sent a message after him, 
i; saying. We will not have this man to 
" reign over us. And it came to pass, 
" that when he was returned, having 
"received the kingdom, then he com- 



222 PARABLE OF THE NOBLEMAN AND TEN SERVANTS. 



"mancled these servants to be called 
" unto him, to whom he had given the 
" money, that he might know how much 
" every man had gained by trading. 
"Then came the first, saying, Lord, 
"thy pound hath gained ten pounds. 
"And he said unto him, Well, thou 
" good servant : because thou hast been 
"faithful in a very little, have thou 
" authority over ten cities. And the 
" second came, saying, Lord, thy pound 
"hath gained five pounds. And he 
" said likewise to him, Be thou also over 
"live cities. And another came, saying, 
" Lord, behold here is thy pound, which 
"I have kept laid up in a napkin: for 
" I feared thee, because thou art an aus- 
" tere man : thou takest up that thou 
"layedst not down, and reapest that 
" thou diclst not sow. And he saith 
" unto him, Out of thine own mouth will 
"I judge thee, thou wicked servant. 
" Thou knewest that I was an austere 
"man, taking up that I laid not down, 
" and reaping that I did not sow : where- 
"fore then gavest not thou my money 
"into the bank, that at my coming I 
" might have required mine own with 
" usury ? And he said unto them that 
" stood by, Take from him the pound, 
"and give it to him that hath ten 



JESUS HEALS TWO BLIND MEN, NEAR JERICHO. 223 



" pounds. (And they said unto him 
''Lord, he hath ten pounds.) For 1 
,f say unto you, That unto every one 
" which hath shall be given; and from 
" him that hath not, even that he hath 
" shall be taken away from him, But 
" those mine enemies, which would not 
" that I should reign over them, bring 
M hither, and slay them before me." 

And when he had thus spoken, he 
went before, ascending up to Jerusalem. 
K And as they departed from Jericho, a ^Mt.xx.29-34 
great multitude followed him. And, 
behold, two blind men sitting by the 
way side, when they heard that Jesus 
passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy 
on us, 0 Lord, thou son of David I And 
the multitude rebuked them, because 
they should hold their peace : but they 
cried the more, saying, Have mercy on 
us, 0 Lord, thou son of David ! And 
Jesus stood still, and called them, and 
said, " What will ye that I shall do 
"unto you ?" They say unto him, Lord, 
that our eyes may be opened. So Jesus 
had compassion on them, and touched 
their eyes : and immediately their eyes 
received sight, and they followed him.* 

* Many able Critics consider, that Jesus 
restored sight to several blind men in the neigh- 
bourhood of Jericho. Others are of opinion, that 



224 



MARY ANOINTS JESUS, 



atfohn xii. l. ^Then Jesus, six days before the pass- 
over, came to Bethany, where Lazarus 
was which had been dead, whom he 
wMark xiv. 3. raised from the dead. 87 And being in 
Bethany, in the house of Simon the 
^Johnxii.2,3. leper, 98 they made him a supper; and 
Martha served : but Lazarus was one 
of them that sat at the table with 
him. Then took Mary a pound of oint- 
ment of spikenard, very costly, in 87 an 
alabaster box ; and she brake the box, 
89 Mat. xxvi. 7. an d 89 C ame unto him, and poured it on 
his head, as he sat at meat ; 88 and an- 
ointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his 
feet with her hair : and the house was 
filled with the odour of the ointment. 
^M^k X iv.' I' ^But when his disciples saw it, 91 there 
were some that had indignation within 
themselves, and said, Why was this waste 
92j 0 ]inxii.-i-6. 0 f the ointment made? ^Then saith 
one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Si- 
mon's son, which should betray him, 
ssMark xiv. 5. Why was not this ointment sold ? 93 for 
it might have been sold for more than 

one miracle only was wrought upon two blind 
men ; and that Bartimaeus was one of the two. 
The variations in the narratives, and the circum- 
stance of other blind men going to the temple 
so soon afterwards to be healed, have led the 
compiler to treat the above miracle, recorded by 
Matthew, as distinct from that recorded by Mark 
and Luke. (Page 219.) 



MARY ANOINTS JESUS. 



225 



three hundred pence, and have been 

given to the poor ? 92 This he said, not 

that he cared for the poor ; but because 

lie was a thief, and had the bag, and 

bare what was put therein. 93 And they 

murmured against her. 94 When Jesus 94 Mt. xxvi. 10. 

understood it, he said unto them, " Why 

" trouble ye the woman ? for she hath 

" wrought a good work upon me ; 95 let 95 John xil. 7. 

" her alone : against the day of my 

" burying hath she kept this. 96 For ye 96 Mk. xiv.7-9. 

" have the poor with you always, and 

" whensoever ye will ye may do them 

" good : but me ye have not always. 

" She hath done what she could: 97 for 9?Mt. xxvi. 12. 

" in that she hath poured this ointment 

" on my body, 9G she is come aforehand 

" to anoint my body to the burying. 

" Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever 

" this gospel shall be preached through - 

fcf out the whole w^orld, this also that she 

" hath done shall be spoken of for a 

" memorial of her/' 

98 Much people of the Jews therefore 98 Jn.xii. 9-13. 
knew that he was there : and they came, 
not for Jesus' sake only, but that they 
might see Lazarus also, whom he had 
raised from the dead. But the chief 
priests consulted that they might put 
Lazarus also to death ; because that by 
F f 



226 



JESUS APPROACHES JERUSALEM, 



reason of him many of the Jews went 
away, and believed on Jesus. 

On the next day much people that 
were come to the feast, when they heard 
that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 
took branches of palm trees, and went 
"Lukexix.29. f° rt ^ to meet him. "And it came to 
100 Mark xi. l. pass, 100 when they came nigh to Jerusa- 
iMat. xxi. l. lem, *and were come 100 unto Bethphage, 
at the mount "called the mount of 
Olives, t00 he sendeth forth two of his 
2 Mark xi. 2. disciples, 2 and saith unto them, " Go 
" your way into the village over against 
" you : and as soon as ye be entered 
3 Mat. xxi. 2. " into it, ye shall find 3 an ass tied, and 
4 Lukexix. 30. " a colt with her, 4 whereon yet never 
" man sat : 3 loose them, and bring them 

^Luk^xlx^i* " unto me - 5 ^ n( i ^ an y man 6as ^ y° u > 

' " Why do ye loose them, thus shall ye 
c< say unto him, Because the 5 Lord hath 
" need of them ; and straightway he will 
(( send them "hither." ( 5 A11 this was 
done, that it might be fulfilled which 
was spoken by the prophet, saying, Tell 
T John xii. 15. ye the daughter of Sion, Tear not ; 

6 behold, thy King cometh unto thee, 
meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a 

8 John xii. 16. co ^> ^ e ^ oa ^ °^ an ass -) 8 These things 
understood not his disciples at the first: 
but when Jesus was glorified, then re- 



HIDING ON AN ASS'S COLT. 



227 



membered they that these things were 
written of him 3 and that they had done 
these things unto him. 9 And the dis- & :NIat. xxi. 6. 
ciples, 10 that were sent went their way, 10 Lukexix.32. 
9 and did as Jesus commanded them : 
n and they found the colt tied by the "Markxi. 3,4 
door without in a place where two ways 
met, 10 even as he had said unto them ; 
1] and they loose him. 12 And as they 12 Liikexix.33. 
were loosing the colt, "certain of them 13 Mark xi. 5. 
that stood there, — B the owners thereof, 
— 13 said unto them. What do ye, loosing 
the colt ? 14 And they said unto them 14 Mark xi. t. 
even as Jesus had commanded, ] "The 15 Lukexix.34, 
Lord hath need of him : 14 and they let 
them go. 16 And they brought i: the ass, l^^ 3 ^: 3 ' 5 ' 
and the colt, 16 to Jesus : and they cast 
their garments upon the colt, and they 
set Jesus thereon. 18 And as he went, l8 Lukexix.36. 
19 a very great multitude spread their 19 Mat. xxi. 8. 
garments in the way ; others cut down 
branches from the trees, and strawed 
them in the way. 20 And when he was 2f 'Lukexix.37. 
come nigh, even now at the descent of 
the mount of Olives, the whole multi- 
tude of the disciples began to rejoice, 
and praise God with a loud voice for all 
the mighty works that they had seen. 
21 And the multitudes that went before, 21 Mat. xxi. 9 
and that followed, cried, saying, 22 Ho- ^Mark x i. g a 
sanna! 21 Hosanna to the son of David ! 



228 JESUS WEEPS OVER JERUSALEM ; 

Blessed is lie that cometli in the name 

»Lukexix.38. of the Lord ! 23 Blessed be the King that 
couieth in the name of the Lord ! 

24 Jolm xii. 13, 24 Blessed is the King of Israel that 
eometh in the name of the Lord ! 23 Peaee 
in heaven, and glory in the highest ! 

25 Mark xi, 10. 25 Blessed be the kingdom of our father 
David, that cometh in the name of the 
Lord ! Hosanna in the highest ! 

26 Lk.xix. 39,40 ^And some of the pharisees from 
among the multitude said unto him, 
Master, rebuke thy disciples. And he 
answered and said unto them, u I tell 
" you that, if these should hold their 
" peace, the stones would immediately 
" cry out." 

27j n .xii.l7-l9. 27 The people therefore that was with 
him when he called Lazarus out of his 
grave, and raised him from the dead, 
bare record. For this cause the people 
also met him, for that they heard that 
he had done this miracle. The pharisees 
therefore said among themselves, Per- 
ceive ye how ye prevail nothing ? be- 
hold, the world is gone after him. 

2 9 Lk.xix,U-4. 28 And when he was come near, he 
beheld the city, and wept over it, saying, 
" If thou hadst known, even thou, at 
66 least in this thy day, the things which 
" belong unto thy peace ! but now they 
" are hid from thine eyes. For the days. 



ENTERS IT TRIUMPHANTLY, £29 

i( shall come upon thee, that thine ene= 
" mies shall cast a trench about thee, 
" and compass thee round, and keep 
" thee in on every side, and shall lay 
" thee even with the ground, and thy 
" children within thee ; and they shall 
" not leave in thee one stone upon ano- 
" ther ; hecause thou knewest not the 
"time of thy visitation." 

®And Jesus entered into Jerusalem. 29 Mark xi. 11. 
^And when he was come into Jerusalem, 30 ^It.xxiiO-ii 
all the city was moved, saying, Who is 
this ? And the multitude said, This is 
Jesus the prophet of Xazareth of Galilee. 



SECTION VII. 



From the casting out of the Traders in the Temple, 
— to the bargain of Judas with the Chief Priests 
for the betrayal of Jesus. 

iMt.xxi.12-16 iAnd Jesus went into the temple of God, 

2 Lukexix. 45. an( j 2b e g an to i cast out a \\ t \ iem t \ mt so \ft 

and bought in the temple, and over- 
threw the tables of the moneychangers, 
and the seats of them that sold doves, 
and said unto them, " It is written, My 
Cf house shall be called the house of 
" prayer ; but ye have made it a den of 
" thieves." And the blind and the lame 
came to him in the temple; and he 
healed them. And when the chief priests 
and scribes saw the wonderful things 
that he did, and the children crying in 
the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the 
son of David ! they were sore displeased, 
and said unto him, Hearest thou what 
these say ? And Jesus saith unto them, 



CERTAIN GREEKS SEEK JESUS, 



231 



"Yea; have ye never read, Out of the 
"mouths of babes and sucklings thou 
" hast perfected praise ?" 

3 But though he had done so many 3j 0 hn xii. 37- 
miracles before them, yet they believed 43, 
not on him : that the saying of Esaias 
the prophet might be fulfilled, which he 
spake, Lord, who hath believed our 
report ? and to whom hath the arm of 
the Lord been revealed ? Therefore 
they could not believe, because that 
Esaias said again, He hath blinded their 
eyes, and hardened their heart ; that 
they should not see with their eyes, nor 
understand with their heart, and be con- 
verted, and I should heal them. These 
things said Esaias, when he saw his 
glory, and spake of him. Nevertheless 
among the chief rulers also many be- 
lieved on him ; but because of the pha- 
risees they did not confess him, lest they 
should be put out of the synagogue : for 
they loved the praise of men more than 
the praise of God. 

4 And there were certain Greeks among *John xii. 20- 
them that came up to worship at the 36, 
feast : the same came therefore to Philip, 
which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and 
desired him, saying, Sir, we would see 
Jesus. Philip cometh and telleth An- 
drew : and again Andrew and Philip tell 



232 



JESUS FORETELS HIS CRUCIFIXION ; 



Jesus. And Jesus answered them, say- 
ing, " The hour is come, that the Son 
" of man should be glorified. Verily, 
" verily, I say unto you, Except a corn 
" of wheat fall into the ground and die, 
" it abideth alone : but if it die, it bring- 
" eth forth much fruit. He that loveth 
" his life shall lose it ; and he that hateth 
Ci his life in this world shall keep it unto 
" life eternal. If any man serve me, let 
" him follow me ; and where I am, there 
" shall also my servant be : if any man 
" serve me, him will my Father honour. 

" Now is my soul troubled, and what 
" shall I -say ? Father, save me from this 
" hour : but for this cause came I unto 
" this hour. Father, glorify thy name." 
Then came there a voice from heaven, 
saying, I have both glorified it, and will 
glorify it again. The people therefore, 
that stood by, and heard it, said that it 
thundered : others said, An angel spake 
to him. Jesus answered and said, "This 
" voice came not because of me, but for 
"your sakes. Now is the judgment of 
6C this world : now shall the prince of 
" this world be cast out. And I, if I be 
" lifted up from the earth, will draw all 
" men unto me." (This he said, signi- 
fying what death he should die.) The 
people answered him, We have heard out 



DECLARES HIMSELF THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. 233 

of the law that Christ abideth for ever : 
and how sayest thou, The Son of man 
must be lifted up ? who is this Son of 
man ? Then Jesus said unto them, 
" Yet a little while is the light with you. 
" Walk while ye have the light, lest 
" darkness come upon you : for he that 
" walketh in darkness knoweth not whi- 
" ther he goeth. While ye have light, 
" believe in the light, that ye may be 
" the children of light." 

5 Jesus cried and said, " He that be- 5 Jn.xii. 44-50. 
" lieveth on me, believeth not on me, 
"but on him that sent me. And he 
" that seeth me seeth him that sent me. 
" I am come a light into the world, that 
" whosoever believeth on me should not 
" abide in darkness. And if any man 
" hear my words, and believe not, I 
"judge him not: for I came not to 
"judge the world, but to save the world. 
" He that rejecteth me, and receiveth 
"not my words, hath one that judgeth 
" him : the word that I have spoken, 
" the same shall judge him in the last 
" day. For I have not spoken of my- 
self; but the Father which sent me, 
" he gave me a commandment, what I 
" should say, and what I should speak. 
"And I know that his commandment 
"is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak 

Gg 



234 JESUS CURSES THE BARREN FIG TREE. 



" therefore, even as the Father said unto 
" me, so I speak." 

ejohn xii. 36. 6 These things spake Jesus, and de- 
parted, and did hide himself from them. 

7 Mark xi. 11. 7 And when he had looked round about 
upon all things, and now the eventide 

8 Mat. xxi. 17. was come, he went out 8 of the city into 
Bethany 7 with the twelve ; 8 and he lodged 
there. 

9 Mat. xxi. is. ^Now io on t h e m0 rrow, 9 in the morn- 
wMark xi. 12. 10^^ were come from Bethany, 
9 as he returned into the city, 10 he was 
"Mark xi. 13. h^gj-y : "and seeing a fig tree afar off 
12 Mat.xxi. 19. 12 in the way, "having leaves, he came, 
if haply he might find any thing there- 
on : and when he came to it, he found 
nothing>but leaves ; for the time of figs 
13 Mark xi. 14. was not yet. 13 And Jesus answered and 
said unto it, " No man eat fruit of thee 
" hereafter : 12 let no fruit grow on thee 
6 ' henceforward for ever." (And pre- 
sently the fig tree withered away.) 13 And 
his disciples heard it. 
^Mk.xi.15-19 l4 And they come to Jerusalem: and 
Jesus went into the temple, and began 
to cast out them that sold and bought 
in the temple, and overthrew the tables 
of the moneychangers, and the seats of 
them that sold doves ; and would not 
suffer that any man should carry any 
vessel through the temple. And he 



THE FIG TREE WITHERS AWAY. 



235 



taught, saying unto thein, " Is it not 
" written, My house shall be called of 
" all nations the house of prayer ? but 
"ye have made it a den of thieves." 
And the scribes and chief priests heard 
it, and sought how they might destroy 
him : for they feared him, because all 
the people was astonished at his doc- 
trine. And when even was come, he 
went out of the city. 

15 And he taught daily in the temple. 15 Lk.xix.47,48 
But the chief priests and the scribes and 
the chief of the people sought to destroy 
him, and could not find what they might 
do : for all the people were very atten- 
tive to hear him. 

1G And in the morning, as they passed 16 Mark xi. 20. 
by, they saw the fig tree dried up from 
the roots. 17 And when the disciples saw 17 Mat.xxi. 20. 
it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is 
the fig tree withered away ! And 18 Peter isMk.xi. 21-23 
calling to remembrance saith unto him, 
Master, behold, the fig tree which thou 
cursedst is withered away. And Jesus 
answering said unto them, " Have faith 
" in God. For verily I say unto you, 
^ If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye wMat.xxi.21. 
" shall not only do this which is done 
" to the fig tree, but also 18 whosoever 
" shall say unto this mountain, Be 
" thou removed, and be thou cast into 



286 THE AUTHORITY OF JESUS IS QUESTIONED. 



" the sea, l9 it shall be done ; 18 and shall 
" not doubt in his heart, but shall be- 
" lieve that those things which he saith 
" shall come to pass, he shall have what- 

20 Mark xi. 24. " soever he saith. 20 Therefore I say 
" unto you, What things soever ye de- 
" sire, when ye pray, believe that ye 

2iMat. xxi. 22. « receive them; 21 and all things, what- 
" soever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, 

22Mk. xi.25-27 < c y e shall receive. 22 And when ye stand 
" praying, forgive, if ye have aught 
" against any : that your Father also 
" which is in heaven may forgive you 
" your trespasses. But if ye do not for- 
" give, neither will your Father which 
" is in heaven forgive your trespasses. 5 ' 
And they come again to Jerusalem : 
and 24 it came to pass, 22 as he was walk- 
ing in the temple, there come to him 
the chief priests, and the scribes, and 

23 Mat. xxi. 23. i\ 1G elders 23 of the people, as he was 

24 Lukexx.i,2. teaching 24 and preached the gospel, and 
spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by 
what authority cloest thou these things ? 
or who is he that gave thee this autho- 

25Mark xi. 28. rity 25 to do these things ? 26 And Jesus 

26Mt.xxi.24,25 answerec i anc | gaid unto t } iem ^ « I a l so 

iC will ask you one thing, which if ye tell 
" me, I in like wise will tell you by 
66 what authority I do these things. The 
" baptism of John, whence was it ? from 



PARABLES : THE TWO SONS. 



237 



" heaven, or of men? 2? Answer me." 27Markxi. 30. 
~ 6 And they reasoned with themselves, 
saying, If we shall say, From heaven : 
he will say unto us, Why did ye not 
then helieve him ? 28 but if we shall say, ^Mat.xxi. 26. 
Of men; we fear ^all the people will 29 Luke xx.6,7 
stone us : for they be persuaded that J ohn 
was a prophet 30 indeed. And they an- 30 Mk. xi. 32— 
swered and said unto Jesus, We cannot 
tell ^whence it was. 30 And Jesus an- 
swering saith unto them, " Neither tell 
" I you by what authority I do these 
" things." 

And he began to speak unto 33 the 
people ^by parables. 311 'But what think s i Mt.xxi2S-33 
<£ ye ? A certain man had two sons ; 
" and he came to the first, and said, 
" Son, go work to-day in my vineyard. 
" He answered and said, I will not : but 
" afterward he repented and went. And 
"he came to the second, and said like- 
" wise. And he answered and said, 
" I go, Sir : and went not. Whether 
" of them twain did the will of his 
" father ?" They say unto him, The 
first. Jesus saith unto them, 66 Verily I 
" say unto you, That the publicans and 
" the harlots go into the kingdom of 
" God before you. For John came unto 
" you in the w T ay of righteousness, and 
" ye believed him not ; but the publi- 



238 THE VINEYARD AND CRUEL HUSBANDMEN. 



" cans and the harlots believed him : 
" and ye, when ye had seen it, repented 
" not afterward, that ye might believe 
" him. 

Ci Hear another parable : There was 
iC a certain householder, which planted 
" a vineyard, and hedged it round about, 
3 ~Mark xii. I. " and digged a winepress in it 32 for the 
" winefat, 31 and built a tower, and let it 

" out to husbandmen, and went into a 
»Luke xx 9. «f aT oountrv 33 for a time> 34 Ancl 

"JVLat.xxi. 34. ^ ° 

" when the time of the fruit drew near, 

^Mark xii. 2. 35U he sent to the husbandmen a servant, 
" that he might receive from the hus- 
" bandmen of the fruit of the vineyard. 

ssMat. xxi.35. m« ^nd t } ie husbandmen 37 caught him, 
37 Markxu. 3,4 . ? 

" and beat him, and sent him away 

" empty. And again he sent unto them 

" another servant : and at him they cast 

" stones, and wounded him in the head, 

39Lk.xx.ll,l2 38« an( j entreate( l him shamefully, and 

" sent him away empty. And again he 
" sent a third : and they wounded him 

saMark xii. 5. " also, 39 and him they killed, ^and cast 

^Mat.xxi.36. » him out. "Again, he sent other ser- 
" vants, more than the first : and they 
{( did unto them likewise ; 39 beating some, 

41 Lukexx. 13. " and killing some. 41 Then said the 
" lord of the vineyard, What shall I do ? 

^Mark xii. 6. 42fc Having yet therefore one son, his 
" well beloved, he sent him also last 



THE VINEYARD AND CRUEL HU SB AND MEN. 239 



i( unto them, saying, 41 I will send my 
i( beloved son : it may be they will 
"reverence him, when they see him. 
43,f But when the husbandmen saw the **Mat. xxi. 38. 
(( son, they 44 reasoned among themselves, 44 Luke xx. 14. 
'''saying, ^This is the heir; come, let 
Cl us kill him, and let us seize on his 
" inheritance; ^and the inheritance shall ^Mark xii 7. 
"be ours. *And they caught him, and tt Mt.xxi 39-41 
(> cast him out of the vineyard, and slew 
" him. When the lord therefore of the 
" vineyard cometh, what will he do 
ff unto those husbandmen ?" They say 
unto him, He will miserably destroy 
those wicked men, and will let out his 
vineyard unto other husbandmen, which 
shall render him the fruits in their sea- 
sons. 47 And when they heard it, they 47 Lk.xx, 16,17 
said, God forbid. And he beheld them, 
and said, u What is this then that is 
"written, ^did ye never read in the «Mat.xxi. 42-45. 
" Scriptures, The stone which the buikl- 
" ers rejected, the same is become the 
" head of the corner : this is the Lord's 
(( doing, and it is marvellous in our 
" eyes ? Therefore say I unto you, The 
" kingdom of God shall be taken from 
" you, and given to a nation bringing 
" forth the fruits thereof. x\nd whoso- 
" ever shall fall on this stone shall be 
" broken : but on whomsoever it shall 
" fall, it will grind him to powder/' 



240 



PARABLE OF THE MARRIAGE FEAST. 



51 Mat. xxi. 46. 



49 Lukexx.i9. And when the chief priests 49 and the 
scribes 48 and pharisees had heard his 
parables, they perceived that he spake 
soMarkxii. 12. 49 against them; 50 and they sought 49 the 
same hour ^to lay hold on him, but 
feared 51 the multitude, because they took 
him for a prophet : ^and they left him, 
and went their way. 
53Mt.xxu.l-l6 52\ nc ] j esus answered and spake unto 
them again by parables, and said, " The 
" kingdom of heaven is like unto a cer- 
" tain king, which made a marriage for 
" his son, and sent forth his servants to 
" call them that were bidden to the 
" wedding : and they would not come. 
" Again, he sent forth other servants, 
" saying, Tell them which are bidden, 
6t Behold, I have prepared my dinner: 
ttf my oxen and my fatlings are killed, 
" and all things are ready : come unto 
" the marriage. But they made light 
<f of it, and went their ways, one to his 
" farm, another to his merchandize : and 
i( the remnant took his servants, and 
" entreated them spitefully, and slew 
tf them. But when the king heard 
<£ thereof, he was wroth : and he sent 
" forth his armies, and destroyed those 
4 ' murderers, and burned up their city. 
i( Then saith he to his servants, The 
£( wedding is ready, but they which were 



PARABLE OF THE MARRIAGE FEAST. 



241 



" bidden were not worthy. Go ye 
<( therefore into the highways, and as 
" many as ye shall find, bid to the 
" marriage. So those servants went out 
:( into the highways, and gathered to- 
" gether all as many as they found, both 
(i bad and good : and the wedding was 
u furnished with guests. And when the 
" king came in to see the guests, he saw 
" there a man which had not on a wed- 
" ding garment : and he saith unto him, 
" Friend, how earnest thou in hither not 
" having a wedding garment ? And he 
" was speechless. Then said the king 
" to the servants, Bind him hand and 
" foot, and take him away, and cast him 
" into outer darkness ; there shall be 
" weeping and gnashing of teeth. For 
" many are called, but few are chosen." 

Then went the pharisees, and took 
counsel how they might entangle him 
in his talk. And they 5;3 watched him, 53Luke xx. 20. 
and 52 sent out unto him their disciples 
with the Herodians, — 53 spies, which 
should feign themselves just men, that 
they might take hold on his words, that 
so they might deliver him unto the power 
and authority of the governor. 54 And s*Mark xii. H. 
when they were come, 55 they asked him, ^Luke xx. 21. 
saying, ^Master, we know that thou art ^it.xxii. is, 17. 
true, and 55 that thou savest and teachest 
Hh 



212 JESUS SILENCES THOSE WHO QUESTION HIM. 



rightly, neither acceptest thou the per- 
son of any, but teaehest the way of God 
truly ; ^neither carest thou for any man ; 
for thou regardest not the person of 
men. Tell us therefore, What thinkest 
5T Lukexx. 22. thou ? 57 Is it lawful for us to give tribute 
^Markxii. 15. unto Caesar, or no ? 58 Shall we give, or 
59 Mat.xxiia8. shall we not give? 59 But Jesus per- 
60 Luke xx. 23. ceived their wickedness and ^craftiness, 
and ^knowing their hypocrisy, said unto 
them, 59 * f Why tempt ye me, ye hypo- 
61 Mat.xxii.i9. " crites ? 61 Show me the tribute money ; 

« 58| 3r j n g me a p enn y j that I may see it." 
&Mk.xii.l6,l7 62 And they brought it. And he saith 
unto them, " 'Whose is this image and 
" superscription ?" And they said unto 
him, Caesars. And Jesus answering 
KMat.xxii.21. unto them, " Render ^therefore 62 to 
" Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and 
" to God the things that are God's." 
64 Lukexx. 26 . 64 And they could not take hold of his 
words before the people : and they mar- 
velled at his answer, and held their peace, 
65 Mt.xxii22,23 65 and left him, and went their way. 
^Lukexx. 27. The same day came to him 6P certain of 
C7 Mt.xxii23,24 67 the sadducees, which say that there is 
no resurrection, and ^they 67 asked him, 
68 Mark xii. 19. saying, Master^ Moses 68 wrote unto us, 
If a man's brother die, and leave his 
wife behind him, and leave no children, 
that his brother should 67 marry his wife. 



JESUS REFUTES THE SADDUCEES. 



•243 



and raise up seed unto his brother. 

w Now there were with us seven brethren : 69 Mat.xxii.2-5, 

and the first, when he had married a 

wife, deceased, and, having no issue, 

left his wife unto his brother. 70 And 70 Markxii. 21. 

the second took her 71 to wife, 70 and died, "Lukexx. 30 

neither left he any seed : and the third 

likewise, '-unto the seventh. 73 And the ^Mt. xxii. 26 

seven had her, and left no seed: last 73Mk,xu 22-24 

of all the woman died also. In the 

resurrection therefore, when they shall 

rise, whose wife shall she be of them ? 

for the seven had her to wife. And 

Jesus answering said unto them, ''Do 

" ye not therefore err, because ye know 

" not the Scriptures, neither the power 

" of God ? 74 The children of this world 74 Lk.xx.34-36 

'•marry, and are given in marriage; 

i: but they which shall be accounted 

M worthy to obtain that world, and the 

" resurrection from the dead, neither 

" marry, nor are given in marriage : 

$i neither can they die any more : for 

"they are eqtlal unto the angels 75 of 75 Mat.xxii.30 

God ill heaven ; 74 and are the children 
" of God, being the children of the 
" resurrection. 76 But as touching the ^Mat.xxii.31 . 
; ' resurrection of the dead, have ye not 
" read that which was spoken unto you 
"by God 77 in the book of Moses, how nMk.iLu.26,27 
*" in the bush God spake unto him, 



244 JESUS ANSWERS A LAWYERS ENQUIRY 



"saying, I am the God of Abraham, 

" and the God of Isaac, and the God 

^Mat.xxu.32. "of Jacob? 79 For 78 God 77 is not the 
™Lukexx.38. « God of &e but ^ God Qf ^ 

" living : 79 for all live unto him : 77 ye 

80 Lukexx. 39. " therefore do greatly err." ^Then cer- 
tain of the scribes answering said, Mas- 

8iMat.xxii. 33-35. ter, thou hast well said. 81 And when 
the multitude heard this, they were 
astonished at his doctrine. 

But when the pharisees had heard 
that he had put the sadducees to silence, 
they were gathered together. Then one 

82 Markxii. 28. of them, which was a lawyer, 82 having 
heard them reasoning together, and 
perceiving that he had answered them 
well, asked him 81 a question, tempting 

83 Mat.xxii.36. him, and saying, ^Master, 82 which is the 
first commandment of all 83 in the law ? 

81 Mk.xii.29,30 84 And Jesus answered him, " The first 
" of all the commandments is, Hear, O 
" Israel ; the Lord our God is one 
" Lord : and thou shalt love the Lord 
" thy God with all thy heart, and with 
" all thy soul, and with all thy mind, 

85 Mt.xxii38,39 " and with all thy strength. ^This is 
" the first and great commandment. 

S6 Markxii, 31. " And the second is like unto it, ^namely 
" this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour 
" as thyself. There is none other com- 

87 Mat.xxii.40. u mandment greater than these: 87 on 



RESPECTING THE COMMANDMENTS. '245 



" these two commandments hang all 

" the law and the prophets," ^And the S5 Mk.xii 32-34 

scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou 

hast said the truth : for there is one 

God ; and there is none other but he : 

and to love him with all the heart, and 

with all the understanding, and with 

all the soul, and with all the strength, 

and to love his neighbour as himself, 

is more than all whole burnt offerings 

and sacrifices. And when Jesus saw 

that he answered discreetly, he said unto 

him, " Thou art not far from the king- 

" dom of God." 

w While the pharisees were gathered 89Mt.xxii4i,42 
together, Jesus asked them, saying, 
" What think ye of Christ ? whose son 
" is he ?" They say unto him, The son 
of David. w And Jesus answered and 90 Markxii.3o. 
said, while he taught in the temple, 
" How say the scribes that Christ is the 
"son of David? 9I How then doth & OIat.xxiU3. 
"David in spirit call him Lord, saving 
' <92 by the Holy Ghost, 93 in the book ofj^^jjj' 
" Psalms, ^The Lord said to my Lord, 
" Sit thou on my right hand, till I make 
" thine enemies thy footstool ? 94 David 91 Mark xii.87. 
" therefore himself calleth him Lord. 
" M If David then call him Lord, how is &5 Mt.xxiit-5 5 -i6 
"he his son?" And no man was able 
to answer him a word, neither durst any 



216 JESUS REPROVES THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES. 



man from that day forth ask him any 

more questions. 

94 And the common people heard him 
96 Luke xx. 45. gladly. ^Then in the audience of all 

the people, he said unto his disciples 
98?l ark xi h *h 97 m his doctrine, ""Beware of the scribes, 

JLlv. xx .4 j, 47 ... . 

" which desire to walk in long rohes, 
" and love greetings in the markets, and 
" the highest seats in the synagogues, 
" and the chief rooms at feasts ; which 
" devour widows' houses, and for a show 
"make long prayers: the same shall 
" receive greater damnation." 
"Mt.xxiiil-39 "Then spake Jesus to the multitude, 
and to his disciples, saying, "The scribes 
" and the pharisees sit in Moses' seat : 
" all therefore whatsoever they bid you 
" observe, that observe and do ; but do 
" not ye after their works : for they say, 
" and do not. For they bind heavy 
" burdens and grievous to be borne, and 
" lay them on men's shoulders ; but 
" they themselves will not move them 
"with one of their fingers. But all their 
" works they do for to be seen of men : 
" they make broad their phylacteries, 
" and enlarge the borders of their gar- 
" ments, and love the uppermost rooms 
" at feasts, and the chief seats in the 
" synagogues, and greetings in the 
" markets, and to be called of men, 



JESUS REPROVES THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES. 247 



Rabbi, Rabbi. But be not ye called 
Rabbi : for one is your Master, even 
Christ ; and all ye are brethren. And 
call no man your father upon the 
earth : for one is your Father, which 
is in heaven. Neither be ye called 
masters : for one is your Master, even 
Christ. But he that is greatest among 
you shall be your servant. And who- 
soever shall exalt himself shall be 
abased ; and he that shall humble 
himself shall be exalted. 
M But woe unto you, scribes and pha- 
risees, hypocrites ! for ye shut up the 
kingdom of heaven against men : for 
ye neither go in yourselves, neither 
suffer ve them that are entering to ffo 
in. Woe unto you, scribes and pha- 
risees, hypocrites ! for ye devour wi- 
dows' houses, and fur a pretence make 
long prayer : therefore ye shall receive 
the greater damnation. Woe unto 
you, scribes and pharisees, hypocrites! 
for ye compass sea and land to make 
one proselyte, and when he is made, 
ye make him twofold more the child 
of hell than yourselves. Woe unto 
you, ye blind guides, which say, Who- 
soever shall swear by the temple, it is 
nothing ; but whosoever shall swear 
by the gold of the temple, he is a 



.248 JESUS REPROVES THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES. 

Ci debtor ! Ye fools and blind : for whe- 
" ther is greater, the gold, or the temple 
" that sanctifieth the gold ? And, Who- 
66 soever shall swear by the altar, it is 
" nothing ; but whosoever sweareth by 
" the gift that is upon it, he is guilty. 
" Ye fools and blind : for whether is 
" greater, the gift, or the altar that 
" sanctifieth the gift ? Whoso there - 
" fore shall swear by the altar, sweareth 
" by it, and by all things thereon. And 
" whoso shall swear by the temple, 
" sweareth by it, and by him that dwell- 
" eth therein. And he that shall swear 
" by heaven, sweareth by the throne of 
" God, and by him that sitteth thereon. 

" Woe unto you, scribes and phari 
" sees, hypocrites ! for ye pay tithe of 
" mint and anise and cummin, and have 
" omitted the weightier matters of the 
" law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these 
" ought ye to have done, and not to 
" leave the other undone. Ye blind 
" guides, which strain at a gnat, and 
" swallow a camel. Woe unto you, 
" scribes and pharisees, hypocrites ! for 
" ye make clean the outside of the cup 
" and of the platter, but within they are 
" full of extortion and excess. Thou 
" blind pharisee, cleanse first that w^hich 
(< is within the cup and platter, that the 
" outside of them .may be clean also. 



JESUS REPROVES THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES, 249 

"Woe unto you, scribes and phari- 
" sees, hypocrites ! for ye are like unto 
" whited sepulchres, which indeed appear 
" beautiful outward, but are within full 
" of dead men's bones, and of all un- 
" cleanness. Even so ye also outwardly 
" appear righteous unto men, but within 
u ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. 
M Woe unto you, scribes and pharisees, 
" hypocrites ! because ye build the 
" tombs of the prophets, and garnish 
" the sepulchres of the righteous, and 
** say, If we had been in the days of 
" our fathers, we would not have been 
\ partakers with them in the blood of 
" the prophets. Wherefore ye be wit- 
" nesses unto yourselves, that ye are the 
" children of them which killed the 
" prophets. Fill ye up then the mea- 
" sure of your fathers. Ye serpents, ye 
" generation of vipers, how can ye escape 
" the damnation of hell ? Wherefore, 
" behold, I send unto you prophets, and 
" wise men, and scribes : and some of 
" them ye shall kill and crucify ; and 
" some of them shall ye scourge in your 

synagogues, and persecute them from 
" city to city : that upon you may come 
" all the righteous blood shed upon the 
" earth, from the blood of righteous 

Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son 
i i 



250 JESUS COMMENDS THE POOR WIDOW'S GIFT; 



" of Barachias, whom ye slew between 
" the temple and the altar. Verily I 
" say unto you, All these things shall 
" come upon this generation. 0 Jeru- 
" salem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the 
" prophets, and stonest them which are 
" sent unto thee, how often would I 
" have gathered thy children together, 
" even as a hen gathereth her chickens 
" under her wings, and ye would not ! 
" Behold, your house is left unto you 
4 e desolate. For I say unto you, ye 
" shall not see me henceforth, till ye 
" shall say, Blessed is he that cometh 
" in the name of the Lord." 
woMk. xii. 41. 100 And Jesus sat over against the trea- 
lLukexxi. 1. sur y> lan( l he looked up, 100 and beheld 
how the people cast money into the 
treasury, *and saw the rich men casting 
their gifts into the treasury : 100 'and man) 
2Mark xii. 42. that were rich cast in much. 2 And there 
3 Luke xxi. 2. came a certain poor widow, 3 and he saw 
her casting in thither two mites, 2 which 
±Mark xii. 43. make a farthing. 4 And he called unto 
him his disciples, and saith unto them, 
" Verily I say unto you, That this poor 
" widow hath cast more in, than all they 
" which have cast into the treasury : 
5 Luke xxi, 4. " 5 for all" these have of their abundance 
" cast in unto the offerings of God : 
" but she of her penury hath cast in ail 
" the living that she had." 



-FORETELS THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE. 251 



6 And Jesus went out, and departed «Mat. xxiv. i; 
from the temple : and his disciples came 
to him for to show him the buildings of 
the temple, 7 how it was adorned with 7 Luke xxi. 5. 
goodly stones and gifts. 8 And one of 8Markxiii.l,2. 
his disciples saith unto him. Master, see 
what manner of stones and what build- 
ings are here ! And Jesus answering 
said unto him, " Seest thou these great 
" buildings ? 9 Verily I say unto you, 9 Mat. xxiv. 2. 
" 10 as for these things which ye behold, 10 Luke xxi. 6. 
" tlie days will come, in the which there 
" shall not be left one stone upon ano- 
" ther, that shall not be thrown down." 

"And as he sat upon the mount of "Mark xiii. 3. 
Olives over against the temple, Peter 
and James and John and Andrew 12 came ^Mat.xxiv. 3. 
unto him privately, saying, 13 Master, BLuke xxi. 7. 
l2 tell us, when shall these things be ? 
and what shall be the sign 14 when all UMark xiii. 4. 
these things shall be fulfilled, 12 and of 
thy coming, and of the end of the 
world ? 15 And Jesus answering them 15 Mk.xiii.5 6. 
began to say, " Take heed lest any man 
" deceive you : for many shall come in 
" my name, saying, I am Christ ; 16 and 1G Luke xxi. 8. 
" the time draweth near ; 15 and shall 
" deceive many : 16 go ye not therefore 
" after them. "And when ye shall hear "Mark xiii. 7. 
" of wars and rumours of wars, 18 and 18 Luke xxi. 9. 
" commotions ; 19 see that ye be not ,9 Mat.xxiv.6. 



2o2 



JESUS PREDICTS THE TROUBLES 



" "terrified : for 19 all 18 these things must 
" first come to pass ; but the end is not 

2°Lk.xxi.lO,ll " by and by." ^Then said he unto them, 
u Nation shall rise against nation, and 
" kingdom against kingdom : and great 
" earthquakes shall be in divers places, 

"Mark xm. 8. « an( j f am i nes ^ 2i an( j troubles, ^and pes- 

" tilences ; and fearful sights and great 
" signs shall there be from heaven. 
22Mat. xxiv. 8. " 22AII these are the beginning of sor- 
zsMark xiii. 9. " 1W9i soBut take heed to yourselves: 
24 Lukexxi.i2, «f or *% e f ore a n these, they shall lay 
" their hands on you, and persecute 
" you, delivering you 23 up to councils, 
" 24 and into prisons ; ^and in the syna- 
" gogues ye shall be beaten : and ye 
" shall be brought before rulers and 
25 Lukexxi.i3. " kings for my 24 name's sake. 2-5 And it 
" shall turn to you for a testimony 
26 Mt.xxiv9,i2 " ^against them. ^Then shall they de- 
" liver you up to be afflicted, and shall 
" kill you : and ye shall be hated of all 
" nations for my name's sake. And 
" then shall many be offended, and shall 
" betray one another, and shall hate 
" one another. And many false pro- 
" phets shall rise, and shall deceive 
" many. And because iniquity shall 
" abound, the love of many shall wax 
27Markxiii.il. " cold. 27 But when they shall lead you, 
" and deliver you up, take no thought 



PRECEDING THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM. 253 

" beforehand what ye shall speak : but 
" whatsoever shall be given you in that 
" hour, that speak ye : for it is not ye 
" that speak, but the Holy Ghost. 
" ^Settle it therefore in your hearts not ^Lk. xxi. u, 
" to meditate before what ye shall an- 
swer : ^for I will give you a mouth ^Lukexxiio. 
" and wisdom, which all your adversa- 
" lies shall not be able to gainsay nor 
" resist, M Now the brother shall betray ^Mk. xiii. 12, 
" the brother to death, and the father 
" the son ; and children shall rise up 
" against their parents, and shall cause 
" them to be put to death. 31 And ye shall siLk.xxi 16-19 
" be betrayed both by parents, and 
" brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends ; 
" and some of you shall they cause to 
" be put to death. And ye shall be 
" hated of all men for my name's sake. 
" But there shall not an hair of your 
"head perish. In your patience pos- 
" sess ye your souls: 32 he that shall &Mk. xiii. 13. 
" endure unto the end, the same shall 
" be saved. 33 And this Gospel of the 33Mat.xxiv.l4 
" kingdom ^ust first ,33 be preached in ^Mk. xiii. 10. 
u all the world, for a witness unto all 
" nations ; and then shall the end come. 

^'^ And when ye shall see Jerusalem asLukexxi. 20 
" compassed with armies, then know 
" that the desolation thereof is nigh. 
" 36 When ve therefore shall see the abo- ^Mat.xxiv.is 



254 F0RETELS THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM. 



" minfition of desolation, spoken of by 
"Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy 
3?Mk. xiii. 14. " place, 37 where it ought not, ( 36 whoso 
38Mat.xxiv.l6 "readeth, let him understand:) 38 then 
" let them which be in Judsea flee into 
39 Luke xxi. 21. « the mountains; ^and let them which 
" are in the midst of it depart out ; and 
" let not them that are in the countries 
" enter thereinto. For these be the days 
" of vengeance, that all things which 
±°Mk.xiiil5,l6 " are written may be fulfilled. 40 And 
" let him that is on the housetop not go 
" down into the house, neither enter 
" therein, to take any thing out of his 
" house : and let him that is in the field 
" not turn back again for to take up his 
«Mat.xxiv.i9-2i. " garment. 41 And woe unto them that 
" are with child, and to them that give 
" suck in those days ! But pray ye that 
" your flight be not in the winter, nei- 
42 Maxkxiii.l9. « ther on the sabbathday : 42 for in those 
" days 4l shallbe great tribulation, 42 such 
" as was not from the beginning of 
" the creation which God created unto 
" this time, 41 no, nor ever shall be 
43Lk.xxi.23,24 "4 3 y or t ] iere gh a ii be great distress in 
" the land, and wrath upon this people. 
" And they shall fall by the edge of the 
" sword, and shall be led away captive 
" into all nations : and Jerusalem shall 
" be trodden clown of the Gentiles, until 



JESUS PREDICTS HIS SECOND COMING, 255 

6 the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. 
6 44 And except that the Lord had short- **Mk.xiii20,2l 
c ened those days, no flesh should be 
' saved : but for the elect's sake, whom 
£ he hath chosen, he hath shortened 
' the days. And then if any man shall 
' say to you, Lo, here is Christ ; or, lo, 
'he is there; believe him not. 4 Tor 45 Mat. xxiv.24. 
6 there shall arise false Christs, and 
6 false prophets, and shall show great 
■ signs and wonders ; insomuch that, if 
' it were possible, they shall 46 seduce 4 <5Markxiii.22. 
1 45 the very elect. 47 But take ye heed : 47 Markxiii.23. 
' behold, I have foretold you all things. 
' ^Wherefore if they shall say unto you, 48Mat.xxiv.26-28. 
" Behold, he is in the desert ; go not 
" forth : behold, he is in the secret 
" chambers ; believe it not. For as the 
" lightning cometh out of the east, and 
" shineth even unto the west ; so shall 
" also the coming of the Son of man 
" be. For wheresoever the carcase is, 
" there will the eagles be gathered to- 
" gether. 

" 49 But ^immediatelv after the tribula- 49 ^k. xiii. 24. 
„ . p , n ,i i i n i ^Mat. xxiv.29 

6 tion of those days, 51 there shall be 5iLk.xxi.25. 

" signs in the sun, and in the moon, 

" and in the stars. 49 The sun shall be 

" darkened, and the moon shall not give 

" her light, ^and the stars shall fail from 

" heaven : 51 and upon the earth distress 



256 JESUS PREDICTS HIS SECOND COMING. 



" of nations, with perplexity ; the sea 
5 *Lukexxi.26. " and the waves roaring; 52 men's hearts 
" failing them for fear, and for looking 
" after those things which are coming 
" on the earth : for the powers of hea- 
53 Mat. xxiv. 30 " ven shall be shaken. 53 And then shall 
" appear the sign of the Son of man in 
" heaven : and then shall all the tribes 
" of the earth mourn, and they shall see 
" the Son of man coming in the clouds 
" of heaven with power and great glory. 
5i Mk. xiii. 27. " 54 And then shall he send his angels 
53 Mat.xxiv.3i. " 55 with a great sound of a trumpet, and 
" they shall gather together his elect 
" from the four winds, 54 from the utter- 
" most part of the earth to the utter- 
^Lk.xxi^^o " most part of heaven. ^And when 
" these signs begin to come to pass, 
" then look up, and lift up your heads ; 
" for your redemption draweth nigh." 

And he spake to them a parable : 
" Behold the fig tree, and all the trees ; 
57 Mat.xxiv.32 " 57 when his branch is yet tender, and 
5S Luke xxi.30. " putteth forth leaves, — and 58 when they 
" now shoot forth, ye see and know of 
" your own selves that summer is now 
^Mat.xxiv.SS. " nigh at hand : 59 so likewise ye, when 
^Lukexxi.Si. cc ye shall see all these things ^come to 
6( pass, know ye that the kingdom of 
ei God is nigh at hand, 59 even at the 
" doors. 



JESUS PREDICTS HIS SECOND COMING. 257 



" cl Verily I say unto you, This gene- ciMat.xxiv.34. 

"ration shall not pass ^away, 61 till all ^Lukexxi. 32. 

" these things be fulfilled. 63 Heaven and 63 Mat.xxiv.3o. 

" earth shall pass away, but mv words 

" shall not pass away. * "But of that day w Markxiii.32. 

" and that hour knoweth no man, no, not 

" the angels which are in heaven, neither 

" the Son, «but mv Father only. 66 Take 

-i i " i p i 6G Mk.xm33-37 

ye heed, watch and pray : lor ye know 

" not when the time is. For the Son of 

" man is as a man taking a far journey, 

"who left his house, and gave authority 

"to his servants, and to every man his 

"work, and commanded the porter to 

"watch. Watch ye therefore: for ye 

" know not when the master of the house 

" cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at 

" the cock-crowing, or in the morning : 

" lest coming suddenly he find you sleep- 

" ing. And what I say unto you, I say 

"unto all, Watch. 67 But as the days of 6TMat.xxiv.37-4i. 

" Noe were, so shall also the coming of 

" the Son of man be. For as in the days 

" that were before the flood they were 

" eating and drinking, marrying and giv- 

" ing in marriage, until the day that Noe 

" entered into the ark, and knew not un- 

" til the flood came, and took them all 

" away; so shall also the coming of the 

" Son of man be. Then shall two be in 

" the field ; the one shall be taken, and 

Kk 



258 



JESUS PREDICTS HIS SECOND DOMING. 



• s Lk.xxi 34-36 



69Mt.xxiv42- 
xxv, 46. 



the other left. Two women shall be 
grinding at the mill ; the one shall he 
taken, and the other left. ^And take 
heed to yourselves, lest at any time 
your hearts be overcharged with sur- 
feiting, and drunkenness, and cares of 
this life, and so that day come upon 
you unawares. For as a snare shall 
it come on all them that dwell on the 
face of the whole earth, Watch ye 
therefore, and pray always, that ye may 
be accounted worthy to escape all these 
things that shall come to pass, and to 
stand before the Son of man." 
m " Watch therefore : for ye know not 
what hour your Lord doth come. But 
know this, that if the good man of the 
house had known in what watch the 
thief would come, he would have 
watched, and would not have suffered 
his house to be broken up. Therefore 
be ye also ready : for in such an hour 
as ye think not the Son of man cometh. 
Who then is a faithful and wise ser- 
vant, whom his lord hath made ruler 
over his household, to give them meat 
in due season ? Blessed is that ser- 
vant, whom his lord when he cometh 
shall find so doing. Verily I say unto 
you, That he shall make him ruler 
over all his goods. But and if that 



PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS, 



259 



" evil servant shall say in his heart, My 
" lord delay eth his coming ; and shall 
" begin to smite his fellow- servants, and 
ie to eat and drink with the drunken ; 
(( the lord of that servant shall come in 
" a day when he looketh not for him, 
" and in an hour that he is not aware of, 
" and shall cut him asunder, and appoint 
" him his portion with the hypocrites : 
" there shall he weeping and gnashing 
" of teeth. 

" Then shall the kingdom of heaven 
" be likened unto ten virgins, which 
" took their lamps, and went forth to 
" meet the bridegroom. And five of 
" them were wise, and five were foolish, 
" They that were foolish took their lamps, 
" and took no oil with them : but the 
" wise took oil in their vessels with their 
" lamps. While the bridegroom tarried, 
" they all slumbered and slept. x\nd at 
" midnight there was a cry made, Be- 
" hold, the bridegroom cometh ; go ye 
" out to meet him. Then all those vir- 
" gins arose, and trimmed their lamps. 
" And the foolish said unto the wise, 
" Give us of your oil ; for our lamps are 
" gone out. But the wise answered, 
" saying, Not so ; lest there be not 
" enough for us and you : but go ye 

rather to them that sell, and buy for 



2G0 



PARABLE OF THE TALENTS. 



"yourselves. And while they went to 
" buy, the bridegroom came ; and they 
" that were ready went in with him to 
" the marriage : and the door was shut. 
" Afterward came also the other virgins, 
" saying, Lord. Lord, open to us. But 
' f he answered and said, Verily I say 
" unto you, I know you not. Watch 
" therefore, for ye know neither the day 
"nor the hour wherein the Son of man 
" cometh. 

" For the kingdom of heaven is as a 
" man travelling into a far country, who 
" called his own servants, and delivered 
"unto them his goods. And unto one 
" he gave five talents, to another two* 
" and to another one ; to every man 
" according to his several ability ; and 
" straightway took his journey. Then 
" he that had received the five talents 
" went and traded with the same, and 
" made them other five talents. And 
" likewise he that had received two, 
" he also gained other two. But he 
" that had received one went and digged 
" in the earth, and hid his lord's money. 
" After a long time the lord of those ser- 
" vants cometh, and reckoneth with 
" them. And so he that had received 
" five talents came and brought other 
" five talents, saying, Lord, thou deli- 



PARABLE OF THE TALENTS , 



201 



r< veredst unto me five talents : behold, 
:f I have gained beside them five talents 
' more. His lord said unto him, Well 
' done, thou good and faithful servant : 
:< thou hast been faithful over a few 
c things, I will make thee ruler over many 
:i things : enter thou into the joy of thy 
:t lord. He also that had received two 
;< talents came and said, Lord, thou de- 

liveredst unto me two talents : behold, 
:c I have gained two other talents beside 
:( them. His lord said unto him, Well 

done, good and faithful servant: thou 
:< hast been faithful over a few things, T 
;c will make thee ruler over many things : 
' enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 
' Then he which had received the one 
f talent came and said, Lord, I knew 
' thee that thou art an hard man, reap- 
' ing where thou hast not sown, and 

gathering where thou hast not strawed : 
' and I was afraid, and went and hid 
;f thy talent in the earth : lo, there thou 
' hast that is thine. His lord answered 
:i and said unto him, Thou wicked and 
:i slothful servant, thou knewest that I 
:( reap where I sowed not, and gather 
:c where I have not strawed : thou ought- 
rf est therefore to have put my money to 
:c the exchangers, and then at my coming 

I should have received mine own with 



2G2 PARABLE OF THE SHEEP AND THE GOATS. 

" usury. Take therefore the talent from 
" him, and give it unto him which hath 
" ten talents. For unto every one that 
" hath shall be given, and he shall have 
" abundance : but from him that hath 
" not shall be taken away even that 
4t which he hath. And cast ye the un- 
" profitable servant into outer darkness: 
" there shall be weeping and gnashing 
" of teeth. 

" When the Son of man shall come 
" in his glory, and all the holy angels 
" with him, then shall he sit upon the 
" throne of his glory : and before him 
" shall be gathered all nations : and he 
cc shall separate them one from another, 
" as a shepherd divideth his sheep from 
" the goats : and he shall set the sheep 
" on his right hand, but the goats on 
" the left. Then shall the King say 
" unto them on his right hand, Come, 
" ye blessed of my Father, inherit the 
" kingdom prepared for you from the 
" foundation of the world : for I was an 
" hungered, and ye gave me meat : I was 
" thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was 
" a stranger, and ye took me in : naked, 
" and ye clothed me : I was sick, and ye 
" visited me : I was in prison, and ye 
" came unto me. Then shall the right- 
" eous answer him, saying, Lord, when 



JESUS PREDICTS THE LAST JUDGMENT. 263 

" saw we thee an hungered, and fed 
" thee ? or thirsty, and gave thee drink ? 
"When saw we thee a stranger, and 
4< took thee in ? or naked, and clothed 
" thee ? Or when saw we thee sick, or 
" in prison, and came unto thee ? And 
? the King shall answer and say unto 
" them, Verily I say unto you. Inasmuch 
" as ye have done it unto one of the 
" least of these my brethren, ye have 
" done it unto me. Then shall he say 
" also unto them on the left hand, De- 
" part from me, ye cursed, into everiast- 
" ing fire, prepared for the devil and his 
" angels : for I was an hungered, and ye 
" gave me no meat : I was thirsty, and 
" ye gave me no drink : I was a stranger, 
" and ye took me not in : naked, and ye 
clothed me not : sick, and in prison, 
and ye visited me not. Then shall 
" they also answer him, saying, Lord, 
"when saw we thee an hungered, or 
"athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or 
" sick, or in prison, and did not minister 
" unto thee ? Then shall he answer 
" them, saying, Verily I say unto you, 
" Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of 
" the least of these, ye did it not to me. 
" And these shall go away into everlast- 
"ing punishment: but the righteous 
" into life eternal." 



264 



JUDAS SEEKS TO BETRAY JESUS. 



7(, Lk.xxi. 37— *°And in the day time he was teaching 
in the temple ; and at night he went out, 
and abode in the mount that is called 
the mount of Olives. And all the peo- 
ple came early in the morning to him 
in the temple, for to hear him. 

Now the feast of unleavened bread 
drew nigh which is called the passover. 

ri Mt.xxvi.i-4. 71 And it came to pass, when Jesus had 
finished all these sayings, he said unto 
his disciples, " Ye know that after two 
" days is the feast of the passover; and 
" the Son of man is betrayed to be 
" crucified." . 

Then assembled together the chief 
priests, and the scribes, and the elders 
of the people, unto the palace of the high 
priest, who was called Caiaphas, and 
consulted that they might take Jesus 

72 Lk. xxii.2. by subtilty; and ^sought how they 
might kill him ; for they feared the peo- 

73 Mat. xxvi. 5. pie. 73 But they said, Not on the feast 
da} , lest there be an uproar among the 
people. 

74 Lk. xxii.3,4. 7i Then entered Satan into Judas sur- 
named Iscariot, being of the number of 
the twelve. And he went his way, and 
communed with the chief priests and 
captains, how he might betray him unto 

75 Mt. xxvi. 15. them; T5 and said unto them, What will 
ye give me, and I will deliver him unto 



JUDAS SEEKS TO BETRAY JESUS. 265 

you? 7,5 And when they heard it, they ?6Mk. xiv. 11. 

were glad, 77 and covenanted 75 with him "Lukexxii.5. 

77 to give him 75 thirty pieces of silver : 

' /8 and he promised; 79 and from that time Tf Lukexxii.6. 

he sought 7(5 how he might conveniently ra Mt.xxyi. 16 « 

betray him 78 unto them in the absence 

of the multitude. 



l 1 



SECTION VIII, 



The Passover. — The Lord's Siqrper.—The Agony 
of Jesus in the Garden. 

OIat.xxvi.i7. rjs T ow the first day of the feast of un- 
2 Mk,xiv.i2,i3 leavened bread, 2 when they killed the 
passover, he sendeth forth two of his 
3 Lk.xxn.8-io. disciples, 3 Peter and John, saying, c< Go 
" and prepare us the passover, that we 
" may eat." And they ^ame to Jesus, 
saying 2 anto him, Where wilt thou 
that we go and prepare that thou may- 
est eat the passover? 3 And he said 
unto them, " 2 Go ye into the city, and 
" 3 hehold, when ye are entered into the 
(( city, there shall a man meet you, bear- 
i( ing a pitcher of water : follow him 
"into the house where he entereth in. 
*Lukexxii.n. « 4 /^ n( j ye shall say unto the goodman 
" of the house, The Master saith unto 
5 Mat.xxvi,i8. " thee, 5 My time is at hand ; I will keep 
6 Mk.xiy. u-16 " the passover at thy house :. 6 where is 



JESUS EATS THE PASSOVER, WITH HIS DISCIPLES. 267 



" the guestchainber, where I shall eat 
" the passover with my disciples ? And 
H he will show you a large upper room 
"furnished and prepared: there make 
M ready for us." And his disciples went 
forth, and came into the city, and found 
as he had said unto them : and they 
made ready the passover. 

7 Xow before the feast of the passover, 7 John xiii. 1. 
when Jesus knew that his hour was come 
that he should depart out of this world 
unto the Father, having loved his own 
which were in the world, he loved them 
unto the end. 

8 Now when the even was come, he sat 8Ma *- xxiv.20. 
down, 9 and the twelve apostles with him. 'Lk.xxiLi 1-18 
And he said unto them, " With desire I 
" have desired to eat this passover with 
" you before I suffer : for I say unto 
" you, I will not any more eat thereof, 
" until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of 
" God." And he took the cup, and gave 
thanks, and said, "Take this, and divide 
"it among yourselves: for I say unto 
" you, I will not drink of the fruit of 
" the vine, until the kingdom of God 
" shall come." 

lu And there was also a strife among lo Lk.xxii24-30 
them, which of them should be ac- 
counted the greatest. And he said unto 
them, " The kings of the Gentiles exer- 



268 REPROVES THEIR STRIFE FOR SUPERIORITY. 

f£ cise lordship over them ; and they 
" that exercise authority upon them are 
" called benefactors. But ye shall not 
" be so : bat he that is greatest among 
" you, let him be as the younger ; and 
" he that is chief, as he that doth serve. 
" For whether is greater, he that sitteth 
,c at meat, or he that serveth ? is not he 
" that sitteth at meat ? but I am among 
" you as he that serveth. Ye are they 
" which have continued with me in my 
" temptations. And I appoint unto you 
" a kingdom, as my Father hath ap- 
" pointed unto me ; that ye may eat and 
" drink at my table in my kingdom, 
" and sit on thrones judging the twelve 
" tribes of Israel." 
1] Jn. xiii. 2-21 "And supper being ended, (the devil 
having now put into the heart of Judas 
Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him,) 
Jesus knowing that the Father had given 
all things into his hands, and that he 
was come from God, and went to God ; 
he riseth from supper, and laid aside 
his garments ; and took a towel, and 
girded himself. After that he poureth 
water into a basin, and began to wash 
the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with 
the towel wherewith he was girded. Then 
cometh he to Simon Peter : and Peter 
saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash 



JESUS WASHES HIS DISCIPLES* FEET. 



2G9 



my feet ? Jesus answered and said unto 
him, "What I do thou knowest not now; 
"bat thou shalt know hereafter/' Peter 
saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash 
my feet. Jesus answered him, " If I 
" wash thee not, thou hast no part with 
" me." Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, 
not my feet only, hut also my hands and 
my head. Jesus saith to him, " He that 
" is washed needeth not save to wash his 
"feet, hut is clean every whit: and ye 
" are clean, but not all." For he knew 
who should betray him ; therefore said 
he, Ye are not all clean. 

So after he had washed their feet, and 
had taken his garments, and was set 
down again, he said unto them, "Know 
" ye what I have done to you ? Ye call 
" me Master, and Lord : and ye say 
" well ; for so I am. If I then, your 
" Lord and Master, have washed your 
" feet ; ye also ought to wash one ano- 
" ther's feet. For I have given you an 
" example, that ye should do as I have 
" done to you. Verily, verily, I say 
" unto you, The servant is not greater 
" than his lord ; neither he that is sent 
" greater than he that sent him. If ye 
" know these things, happy are ye if ye 
" do them. I speak not of you all : I 
" know whom I have chosen ; but that 



270 



JESUS PREDICTS HIS BETRAYAL. 



" the Scripture may be fulfilled, He that 
" eateth bread with me hath lifted up 
" his heel against me. Now I tell you 
"before it come, that, when it is come 
" to pass, ye may believe that I am he. 
" Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that 
" receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth 
" me ; and he that receiveth me receiveth 
" him that sent me." 

I2 Mk. xiv. 13. When Jesus had thus said, 12 and as 

13 Jolmxiii.2l. they sat and did eat, 1:3 he was troubled 
in spirit, and testified, and said, "Verily, 
" verily, I say unto you, that one of you 
" 12 which eateth with me shall betray 

14 Johnxiii.22. " me." 14 Then the disciples looked one 
on another, doubting of whom he spake. 

isMat.xxvi.22,23. 15 And they were exceeding sorrowful, 
and began every one of them to say unto 

] Markxiv.i9. him 16 one by one, 15 Lord, is it I ? 16 and 

l7 Mark xiv.20. another said, Is it I ? 17 And he answered 
and said unto them, " One of the twelve 
" that dippeth l5 his hand 17 with me in 
" the dish, 15 the same shall betray me. 

l8 Lk.xxii2i,22 " 18 Behold, the hand of him that betray - 
" eth me is with me on the table. And 
" truly the Son of man goeth, as it was 

' M ark xiv, 21. tf determined, and 19 as it is written of 
" him : but woe to that man by whom 
u the Son of man is betrayed ! good were 
" it for that man if he had never been 

2°Mt.xxvi. 25. " bom." 20 Then Judas, which betrayed 



THE ANXIOUS ENQUIRIES OF THE DISCIPLES. 271 

him, answered and said, Master, is it I? 
He said unto him, " Thou hast said." 

2l And they began to inquire among 21 Lk. xxii. 23. 
themselves, which of them it was that 
should do this thing. 22 Xow there was 23 Jn.xiii.23-37 
leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his dis- 
ciples, whom Jesus loved. Simon Peter 
therefore beckoned to him, that he should 
ask who it should be of whom he spake. 
He then lying on Jesus' breast saith 
unto him. Lord, who is it ? Jesus an- 
swered, Ci He it is to whom I shall give 
' ; a sop when I have dipped it." And 
when he had dipped the sop, he gave it 
to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. 
And after the sop, Satan entered into 
him. Then said Jesus unto him, "Thai 
" thou doest, do quickly Now no man 
at the table knew for what intent he 
spake this unto him. For some of them 
thought, because Judas had the bag, 
that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those 
things that we have need of against the 
feast ; or, that he should give something 
to the poor. He then having received 
the sop went immediately out : and it 
was night. 

.Therefore, when he was gone out, 
Jesus said, "Now is the Son of man 
" glorified, and God is glorified in him. 
"If God be glorified in him, God shall 



272 JESUS PREDICTS PETER S REPEATED DENIAL. 



" also glorify him in himself, and shall 
" straightway glorify him. Little children, 
" yet a little while I am with you. Ye 
" shall seek me : and as I said unto the 
ee Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come ; 
" so now I say to you. A new com- 
" mandment I give unto you, That ye 
" love one another ; as I have loved 
" you, that ye also love one another. 
" By this shall all men know that ye are 
ft my disciples, if ye have love one to 
" another." 

Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, 
whither goest thou ? Jesus answered 
him, " Whither I go thou canst not fol- 
" low me now ; but thou shalt follow 
" me afterwards." Peter said unto him, 
Lord, why cannot I follow thee now ? 

23 Lk.xxii3l-33 23 And the Lord said, " Simon, Simon, 
" behold Satan hath desired to have you, 
" that he may sift you as wheat : but I 
" have prayed for thee, that thy faith 
" fail not : and when thou art converted, 
" strengthen thy brethren." And he 
said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go 
with thee, both into prison, and to death : 

2*Jn.xiii.37,38 24 I will lay down my life for thy sake, 
Jesus answered him, " Wilt thou lay 
" down thy life for my sake ? Verily, 

2 5 Lk.xxii34-38 " verily, 25 I tell thee, Peter, the cock 
" shall not crow this day before that 



JESUS INSTITUTES THE LAST SUPPER. 278 

"thou shalt thrice deny that thouknow- 
" est me." 

And he said unto them, " When I 
'* sent you without purse, and scrip, and 
" shoes, lacked ye anything ?" And 
thev said. Nothing. Then said he unto 
them, "But now, he that hath a purse, 
" let him take it, and likewise his scrip : 
" and he that hath no sword, let him sell 
" his garment, and buy one. For I say 
" unto you, that this that is written must 
" yet be accomplished in me, And he 
" was reckoned among the transgressors : 
" for the things concerning me have an 
"end/' And they said, Lord, behold, 
here are two swords. And he said unto 
them, " It is enough." 

^And as they were eating, Jesus took ;, Mt.xx^ — 
bread, 27 and gave thanks, 2r3 and blessed - : Lk. xxii. 19. 
it, and brake it, and gave it to the disci- 
ples, and said, "Take, eat; this is my 
" body ^which is given for you : this do 
"in remembrance of me. " 2S Let not 38 Jn.xiv.l-3l. 
" your heart be troubled : ye believe in 
" God, believe also in me. In my Fa- 
" ther's house are many mansions : if it 
"were not so, I would have told you. I 
" go to prepare a place for you. And if 
" I go and prepare a place for you, I 
4f will come again, and receive you unto 
" myself ; that where I am, there ye may 
M m 



274 JESUS IDENTIFIES HIMSELF WITH THE FATHER. 

" be also. And whither I go ye know, 
" and the way ye know." 

Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we 
know not whither thou goest ; and how 
can we know the way? Jesus saith 
unto him, " I am the way, the truth, and 
f< the life : no man cometh unto the 
" Father, hut by me. If ye had known 
" me, ye should have known my Father 
" also : and from henceforth ye know 
" him, and have seen him." 

Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us 
the Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus 
saith unto him, u Have I been so long 
" time with you, and yet hast thou not 
" known me, Philip ? he that hath seen 
" me hath seen the Father ; and how 
" sayest thou then, Show us the Father? 
(i Believest thou not that I am in the 
" Father, and the Father in me ? the 
" words that I speak unto you I speak 
"not of myself: but the Father that 
" dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. 
" Believe me that I am in the Father, 
" and the Father in me : or else believe 
" me for the very works' sake. Verily, 
" verily, I say unto you, He that believ- 
" eth on me, the works that I do shall 
" he do also ; and greater works than 
" these shall he do ; because I go unto 
" my Father. And whatsoever ye shall 



JESUS COMFORTS HIS DISCIPLES. 



275 



"■ ask in ray name, that will I do, that 
" the Father may be glorified in the 
" Son. If ye shall ask anything in my 
" name, I will do it. 

" If ye love me, keep my command- 
" ments. And I will pray the Father, 
" and he shall give you another Com- 
"forter, that he may abide with you for 
" ever; even the Spirit of truth ; whom 
44 the world cannot receive, because it 
" seeth him not, neither knoweth him : 
M but ye know him; for he dwellethwith 
" you, and shall be in you. I will not 
" leave you comfortless : I will come to 
'" you. Yet a little while, and the world 
" seeth me no more ; but ye see me : 
" because I live, ye shall live also. At 
" that day ye shall know that I am in 
u my Father, and ye in me, and I in 
u you. He that hath my commandments, 
" and keepeth them, he it is that loveth 
44 me : and he that loveth me shall be 
" loved of my Father, and I will love 
66 him, and will manifest myself to him." 

Judas saith unto him, (not Iscariot,) 
Lord, how is it that thou will manifest 
thyself unto us, and not unto the world ? 
Jesus answered and said unto him, 44 If 
" a man love me, he will keep my words : 
44 and my Father will love him, and we 
4k will come unto him, and make our 



276 



THE LAST SUPPER CONTINUED. 



" abode with him. He that loveth me 
" not, keepeth not my sayings : and the 
" word which ye hear is not mine, but 
" the Father's which sent me. 

" These things have I spoken unto 
" you, being yet present with you. But 
" the Comforter, which is the Holy 
" Ghost, whom the Father will send in 
" my name, he shall teach you all things, 
" and bring all things to your remem- 
" brance, whatsoever I have said unto 
" you. Peace I leave with you, my 
"peace I give unto you: not as the 
"world giveth, give I unto you. Let 
" not your heart be troubled, neither let 
"it be afraid. Ye have heard how I 
" said unto you, I go away, and come 
" again unto you. If ye loved me, ye 
" would rejoice, because I said, I go 
" uuto the Father : for my Father is 
" greater than I. And now I have told 
" you before it come to pass, that, when 
"it is come to pass, ye might believe. 

" Hereafter I will not talk much with 
" you : for the prince of this world 
" cometh, and hath nothing in me. But 
" that the world may know that I love 
"the Father; and as the Father gave 
" me commandment, even so I do." 
^Lk. xxii. 20. ^Likewise also 30 he took the cup 29 after 
3°Mk. xiv. 23. supper, 30 and when he had given thanks, 



JESUS DECLARES HIMSELF THE TRUE VINE. 271 



he gave it to them, 31 saying 5 " Drink ye 3iMt. xxvi. 27. 

" all of it :" ^and they all drank of it. 

3 ~And he said unto them, "This is my ^Mark xiv.24. 

"blood of the new testament, which is 

"shed for many 33 for the remission 0 f 33Mtxxvi - 2 - 29 - 

c< sins. But 34 verily 33 I say unto you, I ^Mark xiv.25. 

" w T ill not drink henceforth of this fruit 

" of the vine, until that day when I 

" drink it new with you in my Father's 

" kingdom — (^Arise, let us go hence.) S5 Jn. xiv. 31— 

" I am the true vine, and my Father x ^ m * 
"is the husbandman. Every branch in 
" me that beareth not fruit he taketh 
"away: and every branch that beareth 
" fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring 
" forth more fruit. Xow ye are clean 
" through the word which I have spoken 
" unto you. Abide in me, and I in you. 
" As the branch cannot bear fruit of 
"itself, except it abide in the vine: no 
" more can ye, except ye abide in me. 
" I am the vine, ye are the branches : 
"he that abideth in me, and I in him, 
" the same bringeth forth much fruit : 
" for without me ye can do nothing. If 
" a man abide not in me, he is cast forth 
" as a branch, and is withered ; and 
"men gather them, and cast them into 
" the fire, and they are burned. If ye 
" abide in me, and my words abide in 
" you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it 



278 JESUS EXPRESSES HIS LOVE TO HIS DISCIPLES ; 

" shall be done unto you. Herein is 
"my Father glorified, that ye bear much 
" fruit ; so shall ye be my disciples. 

" As the Father hath loved me, so 
" have I loved you : continue ye in my 
" love. If ye keep my commandments, 
" ye shall abide in my love ; even as I 
" have kept my Father's commandments, 
" and abide in his love. 

" These things have I spoken unto 
i( you, that my joy might remain in you, 
" and that your joy might be full. This 
" is my commandment, That ye love one 
" another, as I have loved you. Greater 
" love hath no man than this, that a 
" man lay down his life for his friends. 
" Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever 
" I command you. Henceforth I call 
''you not servants; for the servant 
" knoweth not what his lord doeth : but 
" I have called you friends; for all 
" things that I have heard of my Father 
(( I have made known unto you. Ye 
" have not chosen me, but I have chosen 
" you, and ordained you, that ye should 
" go and bring forth fruit, and that your 
" fruit should remain : that whatsoever 
" ye shall ask of the Father in my name, 
" he may give it you. These things I 
" command you, that ye love one another. 

" If the world hate you, ye know that 



AND FORETELS THEIR PERSECUTION. 



279 



" it hated me before it hated you, If 
" ye were of the world, the world would 
" love his own : but because ye are not 
" of the world, but I have chosen you 
" out of the world, therefore the world 
" hateth you. Remember the word that 
" I said unto you, The servant is not 
" greater than his lord. If they have 
" persecuted me, they will also persecute 
"yon: if they have kept my saying, 
" they will keep yours also. But all 
" these things will they do unto you for 
" my name's sake, because they know 
" not him that sent me. If I had not 
" come and spoken unto them, they had 
" not had sin : but now they have no 
" cloak for their sin. Pie that hateth 
" me hateth my Father also. If I had 
c< not done among them the works which 
*' none other man did, they had not had 
" sin : but now have they both seen and 
" hated both me and my Father. But 
''this cometh to pass, that the word 
" might be fulfilled that is written in 
" their law, They hated me without a 
" cause. But when the Comforter is 
" come, whom I will send unto you from 
" the Father, even the Spirit of truth, 
' f which proceedeth from the Father, he 
" shall testify of me : and ye also shall 
u bear witness, because ye have been 
" with me from the beginning. 



280 



JESUS PROMISES THE HOLY SPIRIT, 



" These things have I spoken unto 
" you, that ye should not be offended. 
" They shall put you out of the syna- 
" gogues : yea, the time cometh, that 
<c whosoever killeth you will think that 
" he doeth God service. And these 
" things will they do unto you, because 
" they have not known the Father, nor 
" me. But these things have I told you, 
" that when the time shall come, ye may 
" remember that I told you of them. 
(( And these things I said not unto you at 
" the beginning, because I was with you. 
" But now I go my way to him that sent 
"me; and none of you asketh me, 
" Whither goest thou ? But because I 
" have said these things unto you, sorrow 
" hath filled your heart. Nevertheless 
" I tell you the truth ; It is expedient 
" for you that I go away: for if I go 
".not away, the Comforter will not come 
" unto you ; but if I depart, I will send 
" him unto you. And when he is come, 
" he will reprove the world of sin, and 
" of righteousness, and of judgment: of 
" sin, because they believe not on me; 
" of righteousness, because I go to my 
" Father, and ye see me no more ; of 
"judgment, because the prince of this 
" world is judged. 

" I have yet many things to say unto 



JESUS PROMISES THE HOLY SPIRIT. 



£81 



"you, bat ye cannot bear tliera now. 
" Howbeit when lie, the Spirit of truth, 
"is come, he will guide you into all 
" truth : for he shall not speak of hini- 
44 self; but whatsoever he shall hear, 
" that shall he speak : and he will show 
44 you things to come. He shall glorify 
44 me : for he shall receive of mine, and 
" shall show it unto you. All things 
" that the Father hath are mine : there- 
4 4 fore said I, that he shall take of mine, 
44 and shall show it unto you. A little 
44 while, and ye shall not see me : and 
44 again, a little while, and ye shall see 
44 me, because I go to the Father." 

Then said some of his disciples among 
themselves, What is this that he saith 
unto us, A little while, and ye shall not 
see me : and again, a little while, and 
ye shall see me : and, Because I go to 
the Father ? They said therefore, What 
is this that he saith, A little while ? we 
cannot tell what he saith. Now Jesus 
knew that they were desirous to ask him, 
and said unto them, 44 Do ye inquire 
44 among yourselves of that I said, A 
''little while, and ye shall not see me: 
44 and again, a little while and ye shall 
44 see me ? Verily, verily, I say unto 
44 you, That ye shall weep and lament, 
4 ' but the world shall rejoice: and ye 
N n 



282 JESUS F0RETELS HIS DEPARTURE AND RETURN. 

" shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow 
" shall be turned into joy. A woman 
" when she is in travail hath sorrow, 
" because her hour is come : but as soon 
" as she is delivered of the child, she 
" remembereth no more the anguish, 
" for joy that a man is born into the 
" world. And ye now therefore have 
" sorrow : but I will see you again, and 
" your heart shall rejoice, and your joy 
" no man taketh from you ; and in that 
" day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, 
" verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye 
" shall ask the Father in my name, he 
" will give it you. Hitherto have ye 
" asked nothing in my name : ask, and 
" ye shall receive, that your joy may be 
" full. 

" These things have I spoken unto 
" you in proverbs : but the time cometh 
".when I shall no more speak unto you 
" in proverbs, but I shall show you 
" plainly of the Father. At that clay 
" ye shall ask in my name : and I say 
" not unto you, that I will pray the 
" Father for you : for the Father him- 
" self loveth you, because ye have loved 
" me, and have believed that I came out 
"from God. I came forth from the 
" Father, and am come into the world : 
" again, I leave the world, and go to the 
" Father." 



JESUS PRAYS FOR HIMSELF AND HIS DISCIPLES. 283 



His disciples said unto hirn, Lo, now 
speakest thou plainly, and speakest no 
proverb. Now are we sure that thou 
knowest all things, and need est not that 
any man should ask thee : by this we 
believe that thou earnest forth from God. 
Jesus answered them, " Do ye now be- 
"lieve? Behold, the hour cometh, yea, 
" is now come, that ye shall be scattered, 
" every man to his own, and shall leave 
" me alone : and vet I am not alone, 
" because the Father is with me. These 
" things I have spoken unto you, that 
u in me ye might have peace. In the 
" world ye shall have tribulation : but 
" be of good cheer ; I have overcome 
" the world." 

These words spake Jesus, and lifted 
up his eyes to heaven, and said, ' " Fa- 
" ther, the hour is come ; glorify thy 
" Son, that thy Son also may glorify 
" thee : as thou hast given him power 
" over all flesh, that he should give 
" eternal life to as many as thou hast 
" given him. And this is life eternal, 
" that they might know thee the only 
" true God, and Jesus Christ, whom 
" thou hast sent. I have glorified thee 
" on the earth : I have finished the 
" work which thou gavest me to do. 
" And now, 0 Father, glorify thou me 



284 JESUS PRAYS FOR HIMSELF AND HIS DISCIPLES. 



"with thine own self with the glory 
<c which I had with thee before the world 
"■ was. 

f I have manifested thy name unto 
" the men which thou gavest me out of 
" the world : thine they were, and thou 
" gavest them me ; and they have kept 
" thy word. Now they have known that 
" all things whatsoever thou hast given 
" me are of thee. For I have given unto 
<f them the words which thou gavest 
" me; and they have received them, and 
" have known surely that I came out 
" from thee, and they have believed that 
" thou didst send me. I pray for them : 
(c I pray not for the world, but for them 
" which thou hast given me ; for they 
" are thine. And all mine are thine, 
" and thine are mine ; and I am glorified 
" in them. And now I am no more in 
" the world, but these are in the world, 
" and I come to thee. Holy Father, 
"keep through thine own name those 
" whom thou hast given me, that they 
"may be one, as we are. While I was 
" with them in the world, I kept them 
" in thy name : those that thou gavest 
" me I have kept, and none of them is 
" lost, but the son of perdition ; that the 
" Scripture might be fulfilled. 

" And now come I to thee ; and these 



JESUS PRAYS FOR HIMSELF AND HIS DISCIPLES. 285 

" things I speak in the world, that they 
" might have ray joy fulfilled in them- 
<f selves. I have given them thy word : 
" and the world hath hated them, because 
" they are not of the world, even as I 
u am not of the world. I pray not that 
" thou shouldest take them out of the 
" world, but that thou shouldest keep 
" them from the evil. They are not of 
(( the world, even as I am not of the 
" world. Sanctify them through thy 
" truth : thy word is truth. As thou 
" hast sent me into the world, even so 
" have I also sent them into the world. 
" And for their sakes I sanctify myself, 
" that they also might be sanctified 
" through the truth. 

" Neither pray I for these alone, but 
" for them also which shall believe on 
" me through their word ; that they all 
" may be one ; as thou, Father, art in 
" me, and I in thee, that they also may 
"be one in us: that the world may be- 
" lieve that thou has sent me. And the 
" glory which thou gavest me I have 
" given them ; that they may be one, 
" even as we are one : I in them, and 
" thou in me, that they may be made 
"perfect in one; and that the world 
" may know that thou hast sent me, and 
" hast loved them, as thou hast loved 
Cf me. 



286 THE CONCLUSION OF THE LAST SUPPER, 



" Father, I will that they also, whom 
" thou hast given me, be with me where 
" I am ; that they may behold my glory, 
" which thou hast given me : for thou 
" lovedst me before the foundation of 
"the world. 0 righteous Father, the 
" world hath not known thee : but I 
"have known thee, and these have 
" known that thou hast sent me. And 
" I have declared unto them thy name, 
" and will declare it : that the love 
"wherewith thou hast loved me may be 
" in them, and I in them." 

When Jesus had spoken these words, 

Mat.xxvi.3v0. 36 an( j ^hen thev had sung* an hymn, 37 he 
-Lukexxii.39 . ^ ? . . 

came out, and went, as he was wont, to 

the mount of Olives ; and his disciples 

also followed him. 

38Mat.xxvi.31-33. 36 Then said J esug nnto « A ]J y0 

" shall be offended because of me this 
" night : for it is written, I will smite 
" the shepherd, and the sheep of the 
" flock shall be scattered abroad. But 
" after I am risen again, I will go before 
" you into Galilee/' Peter answered 
and said unto him, Though all men shall 
be offended because of thee, yet will I 
Mk.xiv 30,31 never be offended. 39 And Jesus saith 
unto him, "Verily I say unto thee, That 
"this day, even in this night, before the 
" cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me 



THE AGONY OF JESUS IN THE GARDEN. 



•287 



" thrice." But ^Peter "spake the more ioMakxxvi.35,3 
vehemently, If I should die with thee, I 
will not deny thee in any wise. ^Like- 
wise also said all the disciples. 

Then cometh Jesus 41 with his disciples ^Johnxviii. 1. 
over the brook Cedron, w unto a place 
called Gethsemane, 41 where was a garden, 
into the which he entered, and his dis- 
ciples. 42 And Judas also, which betrayed &j 0 hn xviii. 2. 
liim, knew the place ; for Jesus ofttimes 
resorted thither with his disciples. 43 And i3 Lk. xxii. 40. 
when he was at the place, he said unto 
^his disciples, " 43 Pray that ye enter not 4 OIarkxiv.32. 
" into temptation. *Sit ye here, while tt Mt.xxri36,37 
" I go and pray yonder." And he took 
with him Peter and the two sons of 
Zebedee, 46 James and John, 47 and began ^; k * xiv ;i 3 * 

5 0 4, Ml.xxvio/ ,38 

to be sorrowful and ^ore amazed, and 

to be 4 "'very heavy. Then saith he unto 

them, "My soul is exceeding sorrowful, 

" even unto death : tarry ye here, and 

" watch with me." 48 And he was with- ^Lk. xxii. 41. 

drawn from them about a stone's cast, 

and kneeled down, 49 and fell on his face, &Mt xxvi. 39 

'^and prayed that, if it were possible, the 5 'Mk.xiv.35,36 

hour might pass from him. And he 

said, " Abba, Father, all things are pos- 

" sible unto thee : 51 if thou be willing, 5iLk.xxii42~46 

u remove this cup from me : nevertheless 

" not my will, but thine, be done." And 

there appeared an angel unto him from 



288 THE AGONY OF JESUS IN THE GARDEN. 



heaven, strengthening him. And being 
in an agony he prayed more earnestly ; 
and. his sweat was as it were great drops 
of blood falling down to the ground. 
And when he rose up from prayer, and 
was come to his disciples, he found 
them sleeping for sorrow, and said unto 
them, "Why sleep ye? rise and pray, 

52Mat.xxvi. 40-42 " lest ye enter into temptation/' 52 And 

MMk. xiv. 37. he saith unto Peter, " 53 Simon, sleepest 
" thou ? 52 What ! could ye not watch 
" with me one hour ? Watch and pray, 
" that ye enter not into temptation : the 
" spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh 
" is weak." He went away again the 
second time, and prayed, saying, " 0 my 
" Father, if this cup may not pass away 
" from me, except I drink it, thy will be 

w Mk. xiv 40. "done." 54 And when he returned, he 
found them asleep again, (for their eyes 
w r ere heavy,) neither wist they what to 

55 Mt,xxvi44,45 answer him. 55 And he left them, and 
went away again, and prayed the third 
time, saying the same words. Then 
cometh he to his disciples, and saith 

5S Mk.xiv 41,42 unto them, " 56 Sleep on now, and take 
" your rest : it is enough, the hour is 
" come ; behold the Son of man is be- 
" trayed into the hands of sinners. Eise 

57 Mt. xxvi. 46. ({ up, 57 let us be going : behold, he is at 
6C hand that doth betray me." 



SECTION IX. 



The Betrayal, Apprehension, Accusation, Condem- 
nation, Crucifixion, and Burial of Jesus. 

a Axd immediately, while lie yet spake, Olarkxiv. 43. 
2 behold, he that was called Judas, one 2^. xxii. 47. 
of the twelve, went 3 thither, l (and with 3j 0 iin xviii. 3. 
him a great multitude 3 with lanterns 
and torches, and *with swords and 
staves,) 3 having received a hand of men 
and officers from the chief priests and 
pharisees, *and the scribes, and the elders 
4 of the people. Now he that betrayed *Mt.xrvi 47,48 
him 2 went before them, and 4 gave them 
a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, 
that same is he : 5 take him, 4 hold him xiv. 44. 
fast, 5 and lead him away safely. 6 And BMk. xiv. 45. 
as soon as he was come, he straightway 
2 drew near unto Jesus, 7 and said, Hail, ?Mt.xxvi 49,50 
Master ! and kissed him. And Jesus 
said unto him, <: Friend, wherefore art 
"thou come? 8 Judas, betrayest thou sLuke xxii.48. 
" the Son of man with a kiss ?" 
0 o 



200 



JESUS IS BETRAYED AND TAKEN. 



9 Jn. xviii. 4-9. 9 Jesus therefore, knowing all things 
that should come upon him, went forth, 
i id said unto them, " Whom seek ye ?" 
They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. 
Jesus saith unto them, " I am he." 
(And Judas also, which betrayed him, 
stood with them.) As soon then as he 
had said unto them, I am he, they went 
backward, and fell to the ground. Then 
asked he them again, " Whom seek ye ?" 
And they said, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus 
answered, u I have told you that I am 
c< he : if therefore ye seek me, let these 
C( go their way :" that the saying might 
be fulfilled which he spake, Of them 
which thou gavest me have I lost none. 

«>Mt.xxvi.50. l0 Then came they, and laid hands on 
Jesus, and took him. 

"Lk. xxii. 49. "When they which were about him 
saw what would follow, they said unto 
him, Lord, shall we smite with the 

12 Mt. xxvi. 51. sword ? 12 And, behold, one of them 

j Jn. xviii. io. which were with Jesus, 13 Simon Peter, 
having a sword, 12 stretched out his hand, 
and drew his sword, and struck a ser- 
vant of the high priest's, and smote off 
13 his right ear. The servant's name was 

l *Jn, xviii. 11. Malchus. l4 Then said Jesus unto Peter, 

^Mt.xxvi52— "Put up 10 again "thy sword into the 
fA ' f£ sheath : 15 for all they that take the 
6( sword shall perish with the sword. 



THE DISCIPLES FORSAKE JESUS, 



291 



" Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray 

" to my Father, and he shall presently 

" give rne more than twelve legions of 

" angels ? But how then shall the 

" Scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it 

" must be ? u The cup which my Father 

" hath given me, shall I not drink it ?" 

16 And Jesus answered and said, " Suffer 16 Lk. xxii. 51. 

" ye thus far." And he touched his 

ear, and healed him. 

17 In that same hour 18 Jesus said unto IsLk*'^? 52 
the chief priests, and captains of the 
temple, and the elders, which were come 
to him, "Be ye come out, as against a 
" thief, with swords and staves 17 for to 
" take me ? 19 When I 17 sat daily with 1& Lk, xxi.. 53 
"you teaching in the temple, 19 ye 
" stretched forth no hands against me : 
" but this is your hour, and the power 
" of darkness." 20 But all this was done, a>Mt. xxvi.56.j 
that the Scriptures of the prophets 
might be fulfilled. Then all the disci- 
ples forsook him, and fled. 21 And there 21 Mk.xiv51,52 
followed him a certain young man, hav- 
ing a linen cloth cast about his naked 
body ; and the young men laid hold on 
him : and he left the linen cloth, and 
fled from them naked. 

22 Then the band and the captains and 22jnxviiil2-l4 
officers of the Jews took Jesus, and 
bound him, and led him away to Annas 



292 



PETER DENIES JESUS, 



first; for he was father-in-law to Caia- 
phas, which was the high priest that 
same year. Now Caiaphas was he 
which gave counsel to the Jews, that it 
was expedient that one man should die 
23Mat.xxvi.57. for the people. 23 And they that had 
24 Lukexxii.54 laid hold on Jesus led him away, 24 and 
brought him into the high priest's house. 
2-Lkxxii 63-65 25^ nc i men t j iat j^ld Jesus mocked 

him, and smote him. And when they 
had blindfolded him, they struck him 
on the face, and asked him, saying, 
Prophesy, who is it that smote thee ? 
And many other things blasphemously 
spake they against him. 

«Mt x^vi 58* 26And Simon Peter followecl Jesns 
28jn.xviii. 15-18.' 27 afar off, 28 and so did another disciple : 
that disciple was knoAvn unto the high 
priest, and went in with Jesus into the 
palace of the high priest. But Peter 
stood at the door without. Then went 
out that other disciple, which was 
known unto the high priest, and spake 
unto her that kept the door, and brought 
in Peter. Then saith the damsel that 
kept the door unto Peter, Art not thou 
also one of this man's disciples ? He 
saith, I am not. And the servants and 
29Lk. xxii. 55. officers stood there, who had 29 kindled 
a fire 28 of coals 29 in the midst of the 
hall; 28 for it was cold : and they warmed 



THE DENIAL OF PETER CONTINUED, 



293 



themselves: and Peter stood with them, 

and warmed himself. ^They said there- 30J " n - x ™- 25 > 

fore unto him, Art not thou also one of 

his disciples ? He denied it, and said, 

I am not. ^And when they were set 

down together, Peter sat down among 

them, 27 to see the end. 31 And as Peter 31 Mk.xiv 66,62 

was beneath in the palace, there conieth 

one of the maids of the high priest : 

and when she saw Peter, 32 as he sat by 32 Lk. xxii. 56. 

the fire 33 warming himself, she 32 eam- 33 Mark xiv.67. 

estly looked upon him, and said, 33 And 

thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth. 

34 But he denied ^him 35 before them all, 34 }Jk. xiv 68. 

35 Mt. xxvi. 70. 

^saying, Woman, I know him not \ xxii. 57. 

^neither understand I what thou sayest. 

37 0ne of the servants of the high priest, 37 Jnxyiii26,27 

being his kinsman whose ear Peter cut 

off, saith, Did not I see thee in the 

garden with him ? Peter then denied 

again. 34 And he went out into the porch; 

37 and immediately the cock crew. 

38 And when he was gone out into the 3S Mtxxvi7i,72 
porch, another maid saw him, and said 
unto them that 39 stood by, This is one 39 Markxiv.69. 
of them; 38 This fellow was also with Jesus 
of Nazareth. And again he denied with 
an oath, I do not know the man. 

40 And after a little while, another saw loLk.xxii 58— 
him and said, Thou art also of them. 60 - 
And Peter said, Man. I am not. And 



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JESUS IS ACCUSED BEFORE 



about the space of one hour after ano- 
ther confidently affirmed, saying, Of a 
truth this fellow also was with him : for 
he is a Galileean. And Peter said, Man> 
&Markxiv.70 I know not what thou sayest. 41 And 
42 Mt.xxvi73,74 they that stood by 42 came unto him, and 
4l said again to Peter, Surely thou art 
one of them : for thou art a Galilgean, 
and thy speech agreeth thereto, a??d 
42 bewrayeth thee. Then began he to 
43 Mk. xiv. 71. curse and to swear, saying, 43 I know not 
^Lk. xxii. 60. this man of whom ye speak. 44 And 
immediately, while he yet spake, the 
^Lk^xxiiT 61.' coc k crew 45 the second time. 46 And the 
Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. 
^And Peter called to mind the word 
that Jesus said unto him, Before the 
cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me 
thrice. And when he thought thereon, 
i7 Mt.xxvi. 75. 47} ie wen t out, and wept bitterly. 
^Jn. xviii. 24. «Now Annas had sent him bound 
49 Mk. xiv. 53. unto Caiaphas the high priest : 49 and 
with him were assembled all the chief 
priests, and the elders, and the scribes. 
50 Lk. xxii. 66 s°And as soon as it was dav, the elders 
' of the people, and the chief priests, and 
the scribes led him into their council, 
saying, Art thou the Christ ? tell us. 
And he said unto them, " If I tell you 
" ye will not believe : and if I also ask 
" you, ye will not answer me, nor let 
" me go." 



CAIAPHAS AND THE COUNCIL. 



295 



3I Xow the chief priests, and elders, 51 Mtxxvi59,60 
and all the council sought false witness 
against Jesus, to put him to death ; but 
found none : yea, though many false 
witnesses came, and 52 bare false witness 52 Mk. xiv, 56. 
against him, 51 yet found they none : 
52 their witness agreed not together. 51 At 
the last 53 there arose and 51 came two 53 Mk. xiv. 57. 
false witnesses, 53 and hear false witness 
against him, saying, 54 This fellow said, 54 Mt. xxvi. 61. 
I am able to destroy the temple of God, 
and to build it in three days ; — and, 
55 We heard him say, I will destroy this ^Mk.xiv 58,59 
temple that is made with hands, and 
within three days I will build another 
made without hands. But neither so 
did their witness agree together. 

56 And the high priest arose, and 57 stood K Mt. xxvi. 62. 
up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, °' Mk - xlv60 > 61 
Answerest thou nothing ? what is it 
which these witness against thee ? But 
he held his peace, and answered nothing. 
58 The high priest then asked Jesus of 58 Jnxviiil9-23 
his disciples, and of his doctrine. Jesus 
answered him, " I spake openly to the 
" world; I ever taught in the synagogue, 
u and in the temple, whither the Jews 
" always resort ; and in secret have I 

said nothing. Why askest thou me ? 
" ask them which heard me, what I have 
6( said unto them : behold, they know 



296 



JESUS IS CONDEMNED BEFORE THE 



" what I said." And when he had thus 
spoken, one of the officers which stood 
by struck Jesus with the palm of his 
hand, saying, Answerest thou the high 
priest so ? Jesus answered him, " If I 
" have spoken evil, bear witness of the 
" evil : but if well, why smitest thou me?" 
»Mt. xxvi. 63. 59^ nc [ t j ie i^gh p r i es t answered and said 

unto him, I adjure thee by the living 
God, that thou tell us whether thou be 

eoMarkxiv.61. the Christ, the Son of God, 60 the Blessed. 

ciMat xxvi.64. 6i Jesus sait h unto him, " 62 Iam; 61 thou 

62 Markxiv.62. cc - . n _ ' _ ' 

hast said : nevertheless 1 say unto you, 

" Hereafter ye shall see the Son of man 
g 3Lk. xxii. 69. " sitting on the right hand of 63 the 
" power of God, 61 and coming in the 
6i Lk. xxii. 70. " clouds of heaven." 64 Then said they 
all, Art thou then the Son of God ? 
And he said unto them, "Ye say that I 
65Mtxxvi65,66 « am." e5 Then the high priest rent his 
clothes, saying, He hath spoken blas- 
phemy; what further need have we of 
witnesses ? behold, now ye have heard 
his blasphemy. What think ye ? They 
65 Lk. xxii. 71. answ r ered and said, 66 What need we any 
further witness ? for w x e ourselves have 
heard of his own mouth : 65 he is guilty 
6?Mk. xiv. 64. of death. 67 And they all condemned 
63Mt.xxvi.67. him. 68 Then 69 some began to spit 68 in 
69Mk - xiv ' 65 * his face, 69 and to cover his face, and to 
buflfet him, and to say unto him, Pro- 



HIGH PRIEST AND THE COUNCIL, 



297 



phesy : and the servants did strike him 

with the palms of their hands, 70 saying 3 70 Mt.xxvi. 68. 

Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is 

he that smote thee ? 

71 And straightway 7 ' 2 when the morning 71 Mark xv. l. 
was come, all 71 the chief priests held a '~^ It - xxvu « 
consultation with the elders, 72 of the 
people 71 and scribes, and the whole 
council 72 against Jesus to put him to 
death. 73 And when they had hound ^jt. xxvii. 2 
him, 74 the whole multitude of them ^Lk. xxiii. l. 
arose, and led him 73 away 75 from Caia- 75 Jhn.xviii.28. 
phas unto the hall of judgment ; 73 and 
delivered him unto Pontius Pilate the 
governor : 75 and it was early. And they 
themselves went not into the judgment- 
hall, lest they should he defiled ; but 
that they might eat the passover. 7G Pi- 76 Jn.x\'iii29-32 
late then went out unto them, and said, 
What accusation bring ye against this 
man ? They answered and said unto 
him, If he were not a malefactor, we 
would not have delivered him up unto 
thee. Then said Pilate unto them, Take 
ye him, and judge him accorning to 
your law. The Jews therefore said unto 
him, It is not lawful for us to put any 
man to death : that the saying of Jesus 
might be fulfilled, which he spake, sig- 
nifying what death he should die. 77 And 7 ?Lk. xxiii. 2. 
they began to accuse him, saying, We 
pp 



298 



JESUS IS ACCUSED BEFORE PILATE. 



found this fellow perverting the nation, 
and forbidding to give tribute to Csesar, 
saying that he himself is Christ a King. 

78 Jn. xviii. 33 . 78 Then Pilate entered into the judg- 

79 Mt.xxvii. 11. ment-hall again, and called J esus. 79 And 
Jesus stood before the governor: and 
the governor asked him, saying, Art 

sojn. xvm. 34-38. tli ou the King of the Jews? 80 Jesus an- 
swered him, " Sayest thou this thing of 
" thyself, or did others tell it thee of 
" me ?" Pilate answered, Am I a Jew ? 
Thine own nation and the chief priests 
have delivered thee unto me: what hast 
thou done ? Jesus answered, "My king- 
" dom is not of this world : if my king- 
" dom were of this world, then would 
" my servants fight, that I should not 
" be delivered to the Jews : but now is 
" my kingdom not from hence." Pilate 
therefore said unto him, Art thou a king 
then ? Jesus answered, " Thou sayest 
" that I am a king. To this end was I 
" born, and for this cause came I into 
" the world, that I should bear witness 
" unto the truth. Every one that is of 
" the truth heareth my voice." Pilate 
saith unto him, What is truth ? And 
when he had said this, he went out 

81 Lk. xxiii. 4. again unto the Jews. 81 Then said Pilate 
to the chief priests and to the people, I 

82 Mt.xxvii.l2. find no fault in this man. 82 And when 



JESUS IS ACCUSED BEFORE HEROD. 



299 



he was accused 83 of many tilings 82 of the 83Markxv. 3. 
chief priests and elders, he answered 
nothing. 84 Then said Pilate unto him, M Mt.xxviU3. 
Hearest thou not how many things they 
witness against thee ? 85 And Pilate asked 85 Mark xv.4,5, 
him, saying, Answereth thou nothing ? 
But Jesus yet answered 84 to never a ^Mt.xxvii.U, 
word; insomuch that the governor mar- 
velled greatly. 87 And they were the 6T Lkxxiiio-l6 
more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the 
people, teaching throughout all Jewry, 
beginning from Galilee to this place. 
When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked 
whether the man were a Galilee an. And 
as soon as he knew that he belonged 
unto Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him 
to Herod, who himself was at Jerusalem 
at that time. 

And when Herod saw Jesus, he was 
exceeding glad : for he was desirous to 
see him of a long season, because he 
had heard many things of him ; and he 
hoped to have seen some miracle done 
by him. Then he questioned with him 
in many words ; but he answered him 
nothing. And the chief priests and 
scribes stood and vehemently accused 
him. And Herod with his men of war 
set him at nought, and mocked him, 
and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, 
and sent him again to Pilate. And the 



300 PILATE PROPOSES TO RELEASE JESUS. 



same day Pilate and Herod were made 
friends together : for before they were 
at enmity between themselves. 

And Pilate, when he had called to- 
gether the chief priests, and the rulers, 
and the people, said unto them, Ye have 
brought this man unto me, as one that 
perverteth the people ; and, behold, I, 
having examined him before you, have 
found no fault in this man touching 
those things whereof ye accuse him : 
no, nor yet Herod : for I sent you to 
him ; and, lo, nothing worthy of death 
is done unto him. T will therefore 
chastise him, and release him. 
8 ^Mt.xxvii.l9. 88 When he was set down on the judg- 
ment seat, his wife sent unto him, say- 
ing, Have thou nothing to do with that 
just man: for I have suffered many 
things this day in a dream because of 
him. 

89 Mt.xxvii.i5. ro Now at that feast the governor was 
90 Mark xv. 6. wont to release unto the people 90 one pri- 
, 91 M.t.xxvii.i6. soner, whomsoever they desired. 91 And 
92 Jn. xviii. 40. they had then a notable prisoner, w a 
93 Lk.xxiii. 19. robber, 9l called Barabbas, 93 who for a 
certain sedition made in the city was 
91 Mark xv.7,8. cast into prison, 94 and lay bound with 
them that had made insurrection with 
him, who had committed murder in the 
insurrection. And the multitude crying 



PILATE PROPOSES TO RELEASE JESUS. 



301 



aloud began to desire liirn to do as he 
had ever done unto them. 95 Therefore 95 Mt.xxvii.i7. 
when they were gathered together, Pilate 
said unto them, % Ye have a custom, that 96 Jn.xviii39,40 
I should release unto you one at the pass- 
over: will ye therefore that I release 
unto you the King of the Jews ? 97 For 97 Mark xv. 10. 
he knew that the chief priests had de- 
livered him for envy. 95 Whoni will ye 
that I release unto you ? Barabbas, or 
Jesus which is called Christ ? 08 But the os^t. xxvii.20. 
chief priests and elders persuaded the 
multitude, that they should ask Barab- 
bas ; — and "that he should rather re-9-JMarkxv.il, 
lease Bar abb as unto them, 98 and destroy 
Jesus. 100 The governor answered and 100 Mt.xxvii.2l 
said unto them, Whether of the twain 
will ye that I release unto you ? *And x Lk. xxiii. 18. 
they ^again ^ried out all at once, saying, 
Away with this man, and release unto 
us Barabbas. 2 Pilate therefore, willing 2 Lk. xxiii. 20. 
to release Jesus, spake again to them, 

3 What will ye then that I shall do 4 with JJJf* X Y: ]r; 

4 Mt. xxvn.22. 

Jesus which is called Christ, 3 whom ye 

call the King of the Jews ? 4 They all 

say unto him, Let him be crucified. 

And 3 they cried, saying, Crucify him, xxiii. 21. 

Crucify him. 6 And the governor said «Mt. xxvii. 23, 

7 unto them the third time, Why, what ^Lk. xxiii, 22. 

evil hath he done ? I have found no 

cause of death in him : I will therefore 



302 THE JEWS ARE CLAMOROUS FOR HIS CRUCIFIXION. 



s Mark xv. 14. chastise him, and let him go. 8 And they 
cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify 

9 Lk. xxiii. 23. him. 9 And they were instant with loud 
voices, requiring that he might be cru- 
cified. And the voices of them and of 

ioMt.xxvii. 24,25. the chief priests prevailed. 10 When Pi- 
late saw that he could prevail nothing, 
but that rather a tumult was made, he 
took water, and washed his hands before 
the multitude, saying, I am innocent of 
the blood of this just person : see ye to 
it. Then answered all the people and 
said, His blood be on us, and on our 

"Lk.xxiii. 24. children. n And Pilate gave sentence 
that it should be as they required. 

isjohnxix 1 i2 Then pilat therefore, 13 willing to 

13 Mark xv. 15. ' ° 

l4 Lk. xxiii. 25. content the people, 14 released unto them 
him that for sedition and murder was 
cast into prison, whom they had desired ; 
15 Mt.xxvii.26. but he 12 took Jesus, 15 and when he had 
12 scourged him, 15 he delivered him 14 to 
their will, 15 to be crucified. 
^Mt.xxvn^. i6 r j| ien th e soldiers of the governor took 
"Markxv. 16. Jesus i nto t he common hall, 17 called 
Prsetorium, l6 and gathered unto him the 
18 Mt.xxvii.28. whole band of soldiers. 18 And they strip- 
19 John xix. 2. p e d him, and put on him a 19 purple 
20Mt. xxvii.29. 18 robe. 20 And when they had platted 
a crown of thorns, they put it upon 
his head, and a reed in his right hand : 
and they bowed the knee before him, 



PILATE PERSISTS IN THE INNOCENCE OF JESUS. 303 

21 and worshipped hiin ; ^and mocked 2iMark xv. 19. 
him, 22 and began to salute him, ^say- 22Mark xv. 18. 
ing, Hail, king of the Jews ! "^And they 23 Jolm xix. 3. 
smote him with their hands : 24 and they ^Mt.xxvii. 30. 
spit upon him ; and took the reed, and 
smote him on the head. 

^Pilate therefore went forth again, 25Jn - xix, 4-16, 
and saith unto them, Behold, I bring 
him forth to you, that ye may know 
that I find no fault in him. Then came 
Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, 
and the purple robe. And Pilate saith 
unto them, Behold the man ! When 
the chief priests therefore and officers 
saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify 
him, Crucify him. Pilate saith unto 
them, Take ye him, and crucify him : 
for I find no fault in him. The Jews 
answered him, We have a law, and by 
our law he ought to die, because he 
made himself the Son of God. When 
Pilate therefore heard that saying, he 
was the more afraid ; and went again 
into the judgment-hall, and saith unto 
Jesus, Whence art thou ? But Jesus 
gave him no answer. Then saith Pilate 
unto him, Speakest thou not unto me ? 
knowest thou not that I have power to 
crucify thee, and have power to release 
thee ? Jesus answered, " Thou couldest 
" have no power at all against me, ex- 



304 PILATE IS PERSUADED TO CONDEMN JESUS. 



ff cept it were given thee from above : 
" therefore he that delivered me unto 
" thee hath the greater sin." 

And from thenceforth Pilate sought 
to release him : but the Jews cried out, 
saying, If thou let this man go, thou 
art not Caesars friend: whosoever mak- 
eth himself a king speaketh against 
Caesar. When Pilate therefore heard 
that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and 
sat down in the judgment seat, in a place 
that is called the Pavement, but in the 
Hebrew, Gabbatha. And it was the 
preparation of the passover, and about 
the sixth hour : and he saith unto the 
Jews, Behold your King ! But they 
cried out, Aw T ay with him, away with 
him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto 
them, Shall I crucify your King ? The 
chief priests answered, We have no king 
but Caesar. Then delivered he him 
therefore unto them to be crucified. 
26Mt. xxvii. 31 And they took Jesus, 26 and after that they 
27 Mk. xv. 20. had mocked him, they took the 27 purple 
26 robe off from him, and put his own 
raiment on him, and led him away to 
crucify him. 

2SMt.xxvii3-l0 28 Then Judas, which had betrayed 
him, when he saw that he was con- 
demned, repented himself, and brought 
again the thirty pieces of silver to the 



JUDAS REPENTS, AND HANGS HIMSELF. 



305 



chief priests and elders, saying, I have 
sinned in that I have betrayed the inno- 
cent blood. And they said, What is that 
to us ? see thou to that. And he cast 
down the pieces of silver in the temple, 
and departed, and went and hanged him- 
self. And the chief priests took the sil- 
ver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for 
to put them into the treasury, because 
it is the price of blood. And they took 
counsel, and bought with them the pot- 
ter s field, to bury strangers in. Where- 
fore that held was called, The field of 
blood, unto this day. Then was fulfilled 
that which was spoken by Jeremy the 
prophet, saying, And they took the thirty 
pieces of silver, the price of him that 
was valued, whom they of the children 
of Israel did value ; and gave them for 
the potter's field, as the Lord appointed 
me. 

29 And he, bearing his cross, went forth. 2«John xix.17, 

^And as they led him away, 3l they found 30 Lk. xxiii. 26. 

a man of Cvrene, Simon by name, 32 who "Jf*- f xvii ' n ^ 2 
, _ J p t 32 Markxv. 21. 

passed by, coming out of the country, 

the father of Alexander and Eufus : 

3l him ^they laid hold upon ; and on him 

they laid the cross, 32 and they compel 

him to bear * } it after Jesus. 33 And there 33Lkxxiii27-33 

followed him a great company of people, 

and of women, which also bewailed and 

Qq 



306 



JESUS IS CRUCIFIED, ON CALVARY. 



lamented him. But Jesus turning unto 
them, said, " Daughters of Jerusalem, 
"weep not for me, but weep for your- 
" selves, and for your children. For, 
" behold, the days are coming, in the 
" which they shall say, Blessed are the 
" barren, and the wombs that never bare, 
" and the paps which never gave suck. 
" Then shall they begin to say to the 
"mountains, Fall on us; and to the 
" hills, Cover us. For if they do these 
" things in a green tree, what shall be 
" done in the dry ?" 

And there were also two other, male- 
factors, led with him to be put to death. 
And when they were come to the place, 
34 John xix. 17. which is called Calvary, 34 in the Hebrew 
35 Mark xv. 22. Golgotha, 35 which is, being interpreted, 
3S Mt.xxvii.34. the place of a skull, 36 they gave him 
vinegar to drink mingled with gall : and 
when he had tasted thereof, he would 
37 Mk. xy. 23. not drink ; — 37 and wine mingled with 
38 Lk. xxiii. 33. myrrh : but he received it not. 3S There 
39 Mt. xxvii.38. they crucified him, and the 39 two thieves 
40 Mark xv. 27. with him ; 40 the one on his right hand, 
41 John xix. 18. and the other on his left; 4I and Jesus 
i2 Mark xv. 28. in the midst. 42 And the Scripture was 
fulfilled, which saith, And he was num- 
^Lk. xxiii. 34. bered with the transgressors. 43 Then 
said Jesus, " Father, forgive them : for 
**Mark xv. 25- " they know not what they do." 44 And 
it was the third hour. 



THE SOLDIERS DIVIDE HIS GARMENTS. 307 



45 And sitting clown they watched him 45Mt.xxvii.36. 
there. 46 And Pilate wrote a title, and ^John xix.19. 
put it on the cross: 47 and the super- * 7 Markxv. 26. 
scription of his accusation was ^set up ^Mt.xxvii.s?. 
over his head. 46 And the writing was 
49 in letters of 50 Hebrew. 48 this is jesus ^^f' 

o0 Johnxix. 20. 

the king of the jews, — 50 aiid Greek, 

46 JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE 

JEWS, — ^and Latin, 47 the king of the 
jews. ^This title then read many of 
the Jews ; for the place where Jesus was 
crucified was nigh to the city. 51 Then si Jn.xix. 21-24 
said the chief priests of the Jews to Pi- 
late, Write not, The King of the Jews ; 
but that he said, I am King of the 
Jews. Pilate answered, What I have 
written, I have written. 

Then the soldiers, when they had 
crucified Jesus, took his garments, and 
made four parts, to every soldier a 
part; and also his coat: now the coat 
was without seam, woven from the top 
throughout. They said therefore among 
themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast 
lots for it, whose it shall be : that the 
Scripture might be fulfilled, which 52 was 52 Mt. xxvii.35, 
spoken by the Prophet, 51 They parted 
my raiment among them, and for my 
vesture they did cast lots. These things 
therefore the soldiers did. 53 And the 53Lkxxiii36 ,37 
soldiers also mocked him, coming to 



308 JESUS COMMENDS HIS MOTHER TO JOHN. 



hint, and offering him vinegar, and say- 
ing, If thou be the King of the Jews, 
save thyself. 

54 Lk. xxiii. 35. 54 And the people stood beholding. 

^Mt. xxvii.39. 55 And they that passed by reviled him, 

^Mk.xv.29,30 56 and railed on him, wagging their heads, 
and saying, Ah ! thou that destroyest 
the temple, and buildest it in three days, 

57Mt.xxvii.4o,4i. save thyself; and, 57 if thou be the Son 
of God, come down from the cross. 
Likewise also the chief priests, mocking 
him with the scribes and elders, ^and 
the rulers also with them, derided him, 
saying 59 among themselves, 54 He saved 
others ; let him save himself, if he be 

5 8 Mat.xxvii.42 Christ, the chosen of God : 58 himself he 
cannot save. If be be the King of Israel, 

£ 9 Mark xv. 32. 59 let Christ the King of Israel descend 
now from the cross, that we may see ; 

eoMt.xxvii. 42-44. ^ancl we will believe him. He trusted 
in God ; let him deliver him now, if he 
will have him : for he said, I am the 
Son of God. The thieves also, which 
were crucified with him, cast the same 
in his teeth, 59 and reviled him. 

el Jn.xix. 25-27 61 Now there stood by the cross of Je- 
sus his mother, and his mother s sister, 
Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary 
Magdalene. When Jesus therefore saw 
his mother, and the disciple standing by, 
whom he loved, he saith unto his mother. 



THE PROMISE OF JESUS TO THE PENITENT THIEF. 309 



" Woman, behold thy son !' ; Then saith 
he to the disciple, " Behold thy mother!" 
And from that hour that disciple took 
her unto his own home. 

62 And one of the malefactors which 62ik. xxiii. 39-44, 
were hanged railed on him, saying. If 
thou he Christ save thyself and us. 
But the other answering rebuked him, 
saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing 
thou art in the same condemnation ? 
And we indeed justly; for we receive 
the due reward of our deeds : but this 
man hath done nothing amiss. And he 
said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me 
when thou corniest into thy kingdom. 
And Jesus said unto him, " Verily I say 
" unto thee, To-day shalt thou be with 
r< me in paradise." And it was about 
the sixth hour. 

63 And when the sixth hour was come, B Mark xy. 33. 
64 the sun was darkened. &5 Xow from the ^at-^^M^ 
sixth hour there was darkness over all 
the land until the ninth hour. K And at r e °Mk.xY.34,35. 
the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud 
voice, ^saying, " ^Eloi ! Eloi ! lama 
" sabachthani ?" which is, being inter- 
preted, My God ! my God ! why hast 
thou forsaken me ? And some of them 
that stood by, when they heard it, said, 
Behold, he calleth Elias. 6: After this, 6T Jn.xix. 2S.29 
Jesus knowing that all things were now 



310 JESUS DIES. THE GRAVES ARE OPENED. 



accomplished, that the Scripture might 
be fulfilled, saith, " I thirst." Now there 

68 Mt.xxvii.48. was set a vessel full of vinegar: ^and 
straightway one of them ran, and took 
a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and 
put it on a 67 hyssop 68 reed, 67 and put it 

69 Markxv.36, t o his mouth, 69 and gave him to drink, 
saying, Let alone ; let us see whether 

70Mt.xxvii.49. Elias will come to take him down. '°The 
rest said, Let be, let us see whether 

71 Johnxix.30. Elias will come to save him. 71 When 
Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, 

72Lk - xxiii - 46 - he said, " It is finished." 72 And when 

7 °Mt.xxvii.. 50. Jesus had cried 73 again 72 with a loud 
voice, he said, " Father, into thy hands 
" I commend my spirit:" and having 
said thus, 71 he bowed his head, and 
73 yielded up the ghost. 

74 Mat.xxvii.oi 74 And, behold, the vail of the temple 

7o Lk. xxiii. 45. , , . -i . 7fiP 

76Mt.xxvii. 51-54. was rent m twain, /0 in the midst, /b irom 
the top to the bottom ; and the earth 
did quake, and the rocks rent; and the 
graves were opened ; and many bodies 
of the saints which slept arose, and came 
out of the graves after his resurrection, 
and went into the holy city, and ap- 
peared unto many. 

"Mark xv. 39. Now when the centurion, 77 which 
stood over against him, 76 and they that 
were with him watching Jesus, saw the 
earthquake, and 77 that he so cried out, 



THE CENTURION CONFESSES CHRIST. 311 



and gave up the ghost, 76 chey feared 
greatly; and 78 he glorified God, saying, 7S Lk. xxiii.47. 
Certainly this was a righteous man ; 
"truly this man was the Son of God. 
79 And all the people that came together 79 Lk.xxiii. 48. 
to that sight, beholding the things which 
were done, smote their breasts, and re- 
turned. ^There were also women look- safaris xv. 40. 
ing on afar off : among whom was Mary 
Magdalene, and Mary the mother of 
James the less and of Joses, and Salome 
81 the mother of Zebedee's children ; 8iMt.xxvii.' 56. 
82 (who also, when he was in Galilee, ^Maxk xv. 41. 
followed him, and ministered unto him ; ) 
and many other women which came up 
with 8 \Jesus from Galilee, 82 unto Jerusa- 83Mt.xxvii.55. 
lem, 83 ministering unto him. 84 And all &iLk. xxiii.49. 
his acquaintance stood afar off, behold- 
ing these things. 

85 The Jews therefore, because it was ^Jn.xix. 31-38 
the preparation, that the bodies should 
not remain upon the cross on the sab- 
bath day, (for that sabbath day was an 
high day J besought Pilate that their 
legs might be broken, and that they 
might be taken away. Then came the 
soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, 
and of the other which was crucified 
with him. But when they came to Je- 
sus, and saw that he was dead already, 
they brake not his legs : but one of the 



312 THE SOLDIERS PIERCE THE SIDE OF JESUS. 



soldiers with a spear pierced Lis side, 
and forthwith came thereout blood and 
water. And he that saw it bare record, 
and his record is true : and he knoweth 
that he saith true, that ye might believe. 
For these things were done, that the 
Scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of 
him shall not be broken. And again, 
another Scripture saith, They shall look 
on him whom they pierced. 

8G Mark xv 12. And after this, 86 when the even w T as 
come, because it was the preparation, 
that is, the day before the sabbath, 

87Lk. xxiii. 50. ^behold, there was a 88 rich 87 man named 

85 Mt. xxvn.o7. ' 

B9 Mark xv. 43. Joseph, 89 an honourable counsellor; 

87 and he was a good man, and a just: 

90Lk. xxiii. 51, 52. 90 (the same had not consented to the 
counsel and deed of them ;) he was of 
Ariraatheea, a city of the Jews : who 
also himself waited for the kingdom of 

^Johnxix. 38. God: — this man, 91 (being a disciple of 
Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews,) 
88 came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, 
and 9I besought that he might take away 

fcMk.xv.44-46 fcne body of Jesus. ^Ancl Pilate mar- 
velled if he were already dead : and 
calling unto him the centurion, he asked 
him whether he had been any while dead. 
And when he knew it of the centurion, 

93 Mt.xxvii.o8. 91 Pilate gave him leave. 93 Then Pilate 
commanded the bodv to be delivered 



THE BODY OF JESUS IS EMBALMED AND BURIED. 313 

w to Joseph. 91 He came therefore, ^and 

bought fine linen, and took clown 91 the 

body of Jesus. 94 And there came also 9 *Jn.xix. 39,40 

Xicodemus, (which at the first came to 

Jesus by night,) and brought a mixture 

of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred 

pound weight. Then took they the 

body of Jesus, and wound it 92 in the 

95 clean linen 94 clothes with the spices, as ^t.xxvii.59,60. 

the manner of the Jews is to bury. 

^Xow in the place where he was cru- 9t \Tn.xix. 41,42 
cified, there was a garden; and in the 
garden a new sepulchre, wherein was 
never man yet laid. There laid they 
Jesus therefore 95 in his (JosejtJi'sJ own 
new tomb, which he had hewn out in 
the rock: ^because 97 that day was the 97Lk - xxiii.54. 
96 Jews' preparation day, 97 and the sabbath 
drew on; ^for the sepulchre was nigh 
at hand. 95 And he rolled a great stone 
to the door of the sepulchre, and de- 
parted. 

98 Aud there was Mary Magdalene, and "Mt.xxvii. 61. 
the other Mary "(the mother of Joses,) "Mark xv. 47. 
98 sitting over against the sepulchre : 
"and they beheld where he was laid. 
100 And the women also, which came with 100L k.xxiii.55,56. 
him from Galilee, followed after, and 
beheld the sepulchre, and how his body 
was laid. And they returned, and pre- 
pared spices and ointments ; and rested 
R r 



314 THE SEPULCHRE IS SEALED AND WATCHED. 



the sabbath day according to the com- 
mandment. 

iMat.xxvii.62-66. *Now the next day, that followed the 
day of the preparation, the chief priests 
and pharisees came together unto Pilate, 
saying, Sir, we remember that that de- 
ceiver said, while he was yet alive, After 
three days I will rise again. Command 
therefore that the sepulchre be made 
sure until the third day, lest his disci- 
ples come by night, and steal him away, 
and say unto the people, He is risen from 
the dead : so the last error shall be worse 
than the first. Pilate said unto them, 
Ye have a watch : go your way, make 
it as sure as ye can. So they went, and 
made the sepulchre sure, sealing the 
stone, and setting a watch. 



SECTION X 



The Resurrection, Reappearances > and Ascension 
of Jesus. 

•And when the sabbath was past. Mary 1 Markxvi.l,2. 

Magdalene, and Mary the mother of 

James, and Salome, had bought sweet 

spices, that they might come and anoint 

him. And very early in the morning, 

-when it was yet dark, 3 as it began to ^J 1 ^^"-- 1 ] i 

dawn toward the first day of the week, 

they came to see the sepulchre. 

| And, behold, there was a great earth- 
quake : for the angel of the Lord de- 
scended from heaven, and came and 
rolled back the stone from the door, and 
sat upon it. His countenance was like 
lightning, and his raiment white as snow : 
and for fear of him the keepers did shake, 
and became as dead men. ) 

4 They came unto the sepulchre at the 4 Mk. xvi. 2-4. 
rising of the sun. And they said among 
themselves, Who shall roll us away the 



310 



TWO PARTIES OF WOMEN VISIT 



stone from the door of the sepulchre ? 
And when they looked, they saw that 
the stone was rolled away; for it was 
very great. 

5 John xx. 2,3. 5 Then she (Mary Magdalene) run- 
neth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and 
to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, 
and saith unto them, They have taken 
away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and 
we know not where they have laid him. 

6Lk. xxiv. 12. eihen arose Peter, and 5 went forth, and 
that other disciple. 

7 Mt. xxviii. 5,6 i And the angel answered and said unto 
the women, Fear not ye ; for I know 
that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. 
He is not here : for lie is risen, as he 
said. Come, see the place where the 

8 Mk. xvi. 5-7. L orc ] ;[ a y. 8^ nc ] entering into the sepul- 
chre, they saw a young man sitting on 
the right side, clothed in a long white 
garment: and they were affrighted. 
And he saith unto them, Be not af- 
frighted : ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, 
which was crucified : he is risen ; he is 
not here : behold the place where they 

9 Mt. xxviii. 7. laid him. But go your way 9 quickly, 
and tell his disciples 8 and Peter, 9 that 
he is risen from the dead; and, behold, 
he goeth before you into Galilee ; there 
shall ye see him, 8 as he said unto you : 

i°Mk. xvi. 8. 9] 0 , I have told you. 10 And they went 



THE SEPULCHRE OF JESUS. 



317 



out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre 

"with fear and great joy; 10 for they n Mt.xxviii.8. 

trembled and were amazed : neither said 

they any thing to any man ; for they 

were afraid : "and did run to bring his 

disciples word. 

'-Now they *Y the women which came 12 ^ k - X3 ?.T*}; 

•77' /» " Tl M 1 13 IiK. XX1U.OO. 

with him from h-alileej "came unto the i*Lk.xxiv.l-9. 
sepulchre, bringing the spices which 
they had prepared, and certain others 
with them. And they found the stone 
rolled away from the sepulchre. And 
they entered in, and found not the body 
of the Lord Jesus. And it came to pass, 
as they were much perplexed thereabout, 
behold, two men stood by them in shi- 
ning garments : and as they were afraid, 
and bowed down their faces to the earth, 
they said unto them, Why seek ye the 
living among the dead ? He is not here, 
but is risen : remember how he spake 
unto you when he was yet in Galilee, 
saying, The Son of man must be de- 
livered into the hands of sinful men, and 
be crucified, and the third day rise again. 
And they remembered his words, and re- 
turned from the sepulchre. 

15 So they lQ f Peter and tJtat other dis- 15 John xx. 4. 
ciple) 15 ran both together, 16 and came to nj^^'/l; 
the sepulchre : I7 and the other disciple 
did outrun Peter, and came first to the 



318 PETER AND JOHN VISIT THE SEPULCHRE. 



sepulchre. And he stooping down, and 
looking in, saw the linen clothes lying ; 
yet went he not in. Then cometh Si- 

^Lfe.xxiv. 12. mon p e ter following him, and 18 stooping 
down, "went into the sepulchre, and 
seeth the linen clothes lie 18 by theni- 

]rj John xx. 7. selves, l9 and the napkin, that was about 
his head, not lying with the linen clothes, 
but wrapped together in a place by itself: 
18 and he departed, w r ondering in himself 

30 Jn. xx. 8-17. at that which was come to pass. ^Then 
went in also that other disciple, which 
came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, 
and believed. For as yet they knew not 
the Scripture, that he must first rise 
again from the dead. Then the disciples 
went away again unto their own home. 

But Mary stood without at the sepul- 
chre, weeping : and as she wept, she 
stooped down, and looked into the sepul- 
chre, and seeth two angels in white sit- 
ting, the one at the head, and the other 
at the feet, where the body of Jesus had 
lain. And they say unto her, Woman, 
why weepest thou ? She saith unto 
them, Because they have taken away my 
Lord, and I know not where they have 
laid him. And when she had thus said, 
she turned herself back, and saw Jesus 
standing, and knew not that it was Jesus. 
Jesus saith unto her, " Woman, why 



JESUS APPEARS TO MARY MAGDALENE, 



319 



" weepest thou ? whom seekest thou ?" 

She, supposing him to be the gardener. 

said unto him, Sir, if thou have borne 

him hence, tell me where thou hast laid 

him, and I will take him away. Jesus 

saith unto her, "Mary!" She turned 

herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni ! 

which is to say, Master ! Jesus saith 

unto her, " Touch me not ; for I am not 

" yet ascended to my Father : but go to 

" my brethren, and say unto them, I as- 

" cend unto my Father, and your Father ; 

" and to my God, and your God." 2, (Now 2l Mk.xTi.9,lO. 

he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, 

out of whom he had cast seven devils.) 

And she went and told them that had 

been with him, as they mourned and 

wept, -that she had seen the Lord, and ^Johnxx. 13. 

that he had spoken these things unto 

her. 23 And they, when they had heard ^Markxvi. n. 

that he was alive, and had been seen of 

her, believed not. 

24 And as they (the women J went to 24Mat.2cxrai.9-15. 
tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, 
saying, " All hail ! " And they came and 
held him by the feet, and worshipped 
him. Then said Jesus unto them, " Be 
" not afraid : go tell my brethren that 
i( they go into Galilee, and there shall 
" they see me." 

Xow when they were going, behold, 



320 



THE WOMEN INFORM THE DISCIPLES. 



some of the watch came into the city, 
and showed unto the chief priests all 
the things that were done. And when 
they were assembled with the elders, and 
had taken counsel, they gave large money 
unto the soldiers, saying, Say ye, His 
disciples came by night, and stole him 
away while we slept. And if this come 
to the governor's ears, we will persuade 
him, and secure you. So they took the 
money, and did as they were taught: 
and this saying is commonly reported 
among the Jews until this day. 

25 Lk.xxiv 9-11 25 And they told all these things unto 
the eleven, and to all the rest. It was 
Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary 
the mother of James, and other women 
that were with them, which told these 
things unto the apostles. And their 
words seemed to them as idle tales, and 
they believed them not. 

2«Lk. xxiv. 13. 26 And, behold, two of them went that 

-Markxvi 12. same day, 27 into the country, 26 to a vil- 
lage called Emmaus, which was from 
Jerusalem about threescore furlongs. 

28 Lk. xxiv. 14. 28 And 27 as they walked, 28 they talked to- 
gether of all these things which had 

29 Lk. xxiv. 15. happened. ^And it came to pass, that, 
while they communed together and rea- 
soned, Jesus himself 27 in another form 

3o L k. xxiv. 15-33. 3o c -[ lw near< an( j went w ith them. But 



JESUS APPEARS TO TWO OF THE DISCIPLES. 321 

their eyes were holden that they should 
not know him. And he said unto them, 
" What manner of communications are 
" these that ye have one to another, as 
" ye walk, and are sad ?" And the one 
of them, whose name was Cleopas, an- 
swering, said unto him, Art thou only 
a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not 
known the things which are come to 
pass there in these days ? And he said 
unto them, "What things?" And they 
said unto him, Concerning Jesus of 
Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty 
in deed and word before God and all 
the people : and how the chief priests 
and our rulers delivered him to be con- 
demned to death, and have crucified him. 
But we trusted that it had been he which 
should have redeemed Israel : and be- 
side all this, to-day is the third day 
since these things were done. Yea, and 
certain women also of our company 
made us astonished, which were early 
at the sepulchre; and when they found 
not his body, they came, saying, that 
they had also seen a vision of angels, 
which said that he was alive. And cer- 
tain of them which were with us went to 
the sepulchre, and found it even so as 
the women had said : but him they saw 
not. Then he said unto them, " 0 fools, 
s s 



322 JESUS APPEARS TO THE DISCIPLES, ASSEMBLED 

" and slow of heart to believe all that 
" the prophets have spoken : ought not 
" Christ to have suffered these things, 
" and to enter into his glory ?" And 
beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, 
he expounded unto them in all the 
Scriptures the things concerning him- 
self. And they drew nigh unto the vil- 
lage, whither they went : and he made 
as though he would have gone further. 
But they constrained him, saying, Abide 
with us : for it is toward evening, and 
the day is far spent. And he went in 
to tarry with them. And it came to 
pass, as he sat at meat with them, he 
took bread, and blessed it, and brake, 
and gave to them. And their eyes were 
opened, and they knew him ; and he 
vanished out of their sight. And they 
said one to another, Did not our heart 
burn within us, while he talked with us 
by the way, and while he opened to us 
the Scriptures ? 

And they rose up the same hour, and 
31 John xx. 19. returned to Jerusalem 31 at evening, being 
32Lk. xxiv. 33-35. the first day of the week, 32 and found the 
eleven gathered together, and them that 
were with them, saying, The Lord is 
risen indeed, and hath appeared to Si- 
mon. And they told what things were 
done in the way, and how he was known 



WITH CLOSED DOORS : AND EATS WITH THEM. 323 



of thern in breaking of bread. ^Neither ssMk. xvi. 13. 
believed they them. 

34 And as they thus spake, 3l when the 3 * 1 ^- xxiv - 36 - 
doors were shut where the disciples were 
assembled for fear of the Jews, came 
Jesus 34 himself 31 and stood in the midst 
a5 of them, and saith unto them, " Peace s^xxiv. 36-40. 
u be unto you." But they were terrified 
and affrighted, and supposed that they 
had seen a spirit. And he said unto 
them, u Why are ye troubled ? and why 
r< do thoughts arise in your hearts ? Be- 
" hold my hands and my feet, that it is 
u I myself: handle me, and see; for a 
" spirit hath not flesh and bones as ye 
" see me have. 5 ' And when he had thus 
spoken, he showed them his hands, and 
his feet, ^and his side. Then were the 36j n . X x. 20-23. 
disciples glad when they saw the Lord. 
Then said Jesus to them again, " Peace 
" be unto you : as my Father hath sent 
" me, even so send I you." And when 
he had said this, he breathed on them, 
and saith unto them, "Receive ye the 
" Holy Ghost : whose soever sins ye 
" remit, they are remitted unto them : 
" and whose soever sins ye retain, they 
" are retained." 

37 And while they yet believed not for 3 ' Lk ' mv ' 41 ~ 43 ' 
joy, and wondered, he said unto them, 
" Have ye here any meat ?" And they 



324 JESUS APPEARS AGAIN TO THE DISCIPLES ; 



gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and 
of an honeycomb. And he took it, and 

ssMark xvi.14. did eat before them. ^As they sat at 
meat, he upbraided them with their un- 
belief and hardness of heart, because 
they believ3cl not them which had seen 

39Lk. xxiv. 44-49. him after he was risen. ^And he said 
unto them, " These are the words which 
" I spake unto you, while I was yet 
" with you, that all things must be ful- 
" filled, which were written in the Law of 
" Moses, and in the Prophets, and in 
C( the Psalms, concerning me." Then 
opened he their understanding, that they 
might understand the Scriptures, and 
said unto them, " Thus it is written, and 
" thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and 
" to rise from the dead the third day : 
" and that repentance and remission of 
" sins should be preached in his name 
" among all nations, beginning at Jeru- 
" salem. And ye are witnesses of these 
" things. And, behold, I send the pro- 

^Acts i. 4. " mise of my Father upon you, 40 which 
" ye have heard of me : ^but tarry ye in 
" the city of Jerusalem, until ye be en- 

41 Acts i. 5. " dued with power from on high. 4l For 
" John truly baptized with water : but 
" ye shall be baptized with the Holy 
(i Ghost not many days hence." 

^Jn.xx.24-29. 42£ u t Thomas, one of the twelve, 



AND SATISFIES THE INCREDULITY OF THOMAS. 32 

called Didymus, was not with them when 
Jesus came. The other disciples there- 
fore said unto him, We have seen the 
Lord. But he said unto them, Except 
I shall see in his hands the print of the 
nails, and put my finger into the print 
of the nails, and thrust my hand into 
his side, I will not believe. And after 
eight days again his disciples were 
within, and Thomas with them : then 
came Jesus, the doors being shut, and 
stood in the midst, and said, " Peace 
" be unto you." Then saith he to Tho- 
mas, " Eeach hither thy finger, and 
" behold my hands ; and reach hither 
" thy hand, and thrust it into my side : 
" and be not faithless, but believing." 
And Thomas answered and said unto 
him, My Lord, and my God. Jesus 
saith unto him, " Thomas, because thou 
" hast seen me, thou hast believed : 
" blessed are they that have not seen, 
" and yet have believed." 

43 After these things, ^the eleven dis- 43 John xxi. 
ciples went away into Galilee. And 4 * Mt * xxvm ' 
45 Jesus showed himself again to the dis- 45 J n - xxi. 1-* 
ciples at the sea of Tiberias ; and on 
this wise showed he himself. There 
were together Simon Peter, and Thomas 
called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana 
in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and 



326 



JESUS APPEARS TO THE DISCIPLES 



two other of his disciples. Simon Peter 
saith unto them, I go a fishing. They 
say unto him, We also go with thee. 
They went forth, and entered into a 
ship immediately ; and that night they 
caught nothing. But when the morn- 
ing was now come, Jesus stood on the 
shore : but the disciples knew not that 
it was Jesus. Then Jesus saith unto 
them, " Children, have ye any meat ?" 
They answered him, No. And he said 
unto them, " Cast the net on the right 
" side of the ship, and ye shall find." 
They cast therefore, and now they were 
not able to draw it for the multitude of 
fishes. Therefore that disciple whom 
Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the 
Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard 
that it was the Lord, he girt his fisher's 
coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and 
did cast himself into the sea. And the 
other disciples came in a little ship ; 
(for they were not far from the land, 
but as it were two hundred cubits,) 
dragging the net with fishes. As soon 
then as they were come to land, they 
saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid 
thereon, and bread. Jesus saith unto 
them, " Bring of the fish which ye have 
"now caught." Simon Peter went up, 
and drew the net to land full of great 



IN GALILEE, WHEN FISHING, 



827 



fishes, an hundred and fifty and three : 
and for all there were so many, yet was 
not the net broken. Jesus saith unto 
them, " Come and dine." And none of 
the disciples durst ask him, Who art 
thou ? knowing that it was the Lord. 
Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, 
and giveth them, and fish likewise. 
This is now the third time that Jesus 
showed himself to his disciples, after 
that he was risen from the dead. 

So when they had dined, Jesus saith 
to Simon Peter, " Simon, son of Jonas, 
"lovest thou me more than these?" 
He saith unto him, Yea, Lord ; thou 
knowest that I love thee. He saith unto 
him, " Feed my lambs." He saith to 
him again the second time, " Simon, 
" son of Jonas, lovest thou me ?" He 
saith unto him, Yea, Lord ; thou know- 
est that I love thee. He saith unto 
him, " Feed my sheep." He saith unto 
him the third time, " Simon, son of 
" Jonas, lovest thou me?" Peter was 
grieved because he said unto him the 
third time, Lovest thou me ? And he 
said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all 
things ; thou knowest that I love thee. 
Jesus saith unto him, "Feed my sheep. 
" Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When 
" thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, 



328 



JESUS APPEARS, FOR THE LAST TIME ; 



" and walkedst whither thou wouldest : 
" hut when thou shalt be old, thou shalt 
" stretch forth thy hands, and another 
" shall gird thee, and carry thee whither 
" thou wouldest not." This spake he, 
signifying by what death he should glo- 
rify God. And when he had spoken 
this, he saith unto him, " Follow me." 

Then Peter, turning about, seeth the 
disciple whom Jesus loved, following; 
wdiich also leaned on his breast at sup- 
per, and said, Lord, which is he that 
betrayeth thee ? Peter seeing him saith 
to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man 
do ? Jesus saith unto him, " If I will 
" that he tarry till I come, what is that 
" to thee ? follow thou me." Then went 
this saying abroad among the brethren, 
that that disciple should not die : yet 
Jesus said not unto him, He shall not 
die ; but, If I will that he tarry till I 
come, what is that to thee ? This is 
the disciple which testifieth of these 
things, and wrote these things : and 
we know that his testimony is true. 
46Mt.xxvm.iG-20. 46-phen the eleven disciples went into 
a mountain, where Jesus had appointed 
them. And when they saw him, they 
worshipped him : but some doubted. 
And Jesus came and spake unto them, 
saying, " All power is given unto me in 



AND COMMISSIONS THE DISCIPLES. 



32 



" heaven and in earth. Go ye there- 
" fore, and teach all nations, baptizing 
M them in the name of the Father, and 
" of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost : 
" teaching them to observe all things 
" whatsoever I have commanded you : 
" and, lo, I am with you alway, even 
" unto the end of the world." 

47 And he led them out as far as Beth- 4? Lk.xxiv. 5 
any. 48 When they therefore were come ^Acts i. 6-8 
together, they asked of him, saying, 
Lord, wilt thou at this time restore 
again the kingdom to Israel ? And he 
said unto them, " It is not for you to 
" know the times or the seasons, which 
" the Father hath put in his own power. 
"But ye shall receive power, after that 
" the Holy Ghost is come upon you : 
w and ye shall be witnesses unto me. 
" both in Jerusalem, and in all Judsea, 
" and in Samaria, and unto the utter - 
" most part of the earth. 49 Go ye into 49 Mk.xvilo-l 
" all the world, and preach the Gospel 
" to every creature. He that believeth 
" and is baptized shall be saved ; but 
" he that believeth not shall be damned. 
" And these signs shall follow them that 
" believe ; In my name shall they cast 
" out devils ; they shall speak with new 
" tongues ; they shall take up serj)ents ; 
" and if they drink any deadly thing, it 

T t 



JESUS ASCENDS INTO HEAVEN. 



" shall not hurt them ; they shall lay 
" hands on the sick, and they shall re- 

" cover." 

So then after the Lord had spoken 

soLk. xxiv. 50,51. un to them, ^he lifted up his hands, and 
blessed them. And it came to pass, 
while he blessed them, he was parted 

51 Acts i. 9. from them, 51 and a cloud received him 

5 -Mark xvi.19. out of their sight ; and 52 he was received 
up into heaven, and sat on the right 

v >Aets i.io,ll. hand of God. 53 And while they looked 
stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, 
behold, two men stood by them in white 
apparel ; which also said, Ye men of 
Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into 
heaven ? this same Jesus, which is taken 
up from you into heayen, shall so come 
in like manner as ye have seen him go 

54Lk. xxh. 53,54.. into heaven. 54 And they worshipped 
him, and returned to Jerusalem with 
great joy: and were continually in the 
temple, praising and blessing God. 

55Mark xyi.20. 55 And they went forth, and preached 
every where, the Lord working with 
them, and con firming the word with 
signs following. 

5 \Jn. xx. 30, 31 . ^And many other signs truly did Jesus 
in the presence of his disciples, which 
are not written in this book : but these 
are written that ye might believe that 
Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God ; 



CONCLUSION. 



831 



and that believing ye might have life 

through his name. 57 And there are also 57 John xxi.25. 

many other things which Jesus did, the 

which, if they should be written every 

one, I suppose that even the world itself 

could not contain the books that should 

be written. Amen. 



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Bom at Bethlehem 5 — 13 

Presented to the Lord at Jerusalem. 14 — 16 

Brought by Joseph and Mary to Nazareth 16 

Taken by Joseph and Mary to Egypt 18, 19 

Brought back to Nazareth. 19 

Goes to Jerusalem at the Passover, when twelve years 

old, and converses with the doctors in the temple 19, 20 

Returns to Nazareth 21 

Is baptized in the river Jordan, near Bethabara, being 

about thirty years old 24 

Is led by the Spirit into the Wilderness of Judcea, to be 

tempted 25, 26 

Returns to John, at Bethabara 27, 28 

Goes into Galilee 29 

Visits Cana, and works the first miracle 30, 31 

Goes to Capernaum 31 

Keeps the Passover at Jerusalem ; — converses with 

Nicodemus 31 — 34 

Remains some time in Judcea 34 

Goes to Sychar, in Samaria ; converses with the woman 

at Jacob's well 36—40 

Goes into Galilee, and commences his ministry 40 

Visits Cana again 40 

Goes to Nazareth 41 

Dwells at Capernaum 43 

Goes about all Galilee, teaching and working miracles 43 — 64 



EPITOME OF THE HISTORY OF JESUS, 333 

Page 

Keeps one of the Jews' feasts at Jerusalem ; and heals 

the infirm man at the pool of Bethesda - . . 65 — 69 

Returns to Galilee ; ordains the twelve apostles ; teaches 

and works miracles at Capernaum, Nain, and 

throughout Galilee 69—109 

Crosses the Sea of Galilee, and goes into the Country of 

the Gadarenes and Gergesenes 112 — 115 

Returns by ship to Capernaum, and works miracles 

there 115—120 

Goes to JSazareth 120 

Commissions the twelve apostles 121 — 12-5 

Teaches in the cities of Galilee , , . . 125 

Crosses the Sea of Galilee, and feeds five thousand 

men upon a mountain 128 — 131 

Walks on the sea, and returns to Capernaum 131 — 134 

Teaches in the synagogue at Capernaum 134 — 137 

Visits many places in Galilee, teaching and working 

miracles 138—141 

Goes into the neighbourhood of Tyre and Sidon .... 141, 142 
Returns from T yre and Sidon through Decapolis, and 

works miracles there 143, 144 

Goes to Dalmanutha 145 

Crosses the Sea of Galilee, to Magdala 145 

Visits Bethsaida 147 

Goes to Ccesarea Philippi 147 

Is transfigured 149 — 152 

Returns, through Galilee, to Capernaum 155, 156 

Commissions the seventy disciples 162 

Keeps the feast of Tabernacles, at Jerusalem ; teaches 

in the temple, and heals the man born blind . . 163 — 179 

Returns to Galilee 180 — 186 

Goes through divers cities and villages, teaching and 

journeying towards Jerusalem 186 — 199 

Quits Galilee, and passes through Samaria 199 — 204 

Keeps the feast of dedication, at Jerusalem 204, 205 

Goes beyond Jordan, to Bethabara 205 

Visits Bethany, and raises Lazarus 212 — 215 

Goes to Ephraim 216 

Passes through Jericho, on the way to Jerusalem . . 217 — 223 



334 EPITOME OF THE HISTORY OF JESUS. 

Page 

Stops at Bethany 224 

Passes through Bethphage, and enters Jerusalem 

triumphantly 226—229 

Continues at Jerusalem, teaching in the temple by 
day, and remaining at night on the Mount of 

Olives, or at Bethany, until the Passover 230 — 264 

Keeps the Passover, and institutes the Lord's Supper, 

at Jerusalem 266—286 

Goes to the Garden of Gethsemane, at the foot of the 
Mount of Olives ; and is betrayed and appre- 
hended there 286—291 

Is brought to Jerusalem, accused and condemned . . 291 — 304 

Is crucified on Calvary, and buried 305 — 314 

Rises from the dead, and appears at the sepulchre, 

and on several occasions in and near Jerusalem . . 316 — 325 

Appears in Galilee 325 — 329 

Appears at Bethany, and ascends into heaven 329, 330 



TO THE 

MIRACLES, PARABLES, AND DISCOURSES OP 
JESUS. 



MIRACLES "WROUGHT BY JESl'S. 

Page. 

Conversion of water into wine, at Cana 30, 31 

Cure of the nobleman's son, at Capernaum 40, 41 

Miraculous draught of fishes, at the sea of Galilee. .44, 45. 326 
An unclean spirit cast out, in the synagogue at 

Capernaum 45, 46 

Cure of Simon's wife's mother 46 

Cure of a leper 60 

Cure of a man at Capernaum, afflicted with palsy. ... 61, 62 
Cure of an infirm man, at the pool of Bethesda 65, 66 



MIRACLES WROUGHT BY JESUS. 335 

Page 

Cure of a man whose hand was withered 71, 72 

Cure of the Centurion's servant, at Capernaum 78, 79 

Raising of the widow's son, at Xain 79, 80 

Cure of a blind and dumb man, possessed with a devil 86 

Calmiiig of the tempest on the Sea of Galilee Ill, 112 

Casting out the legion of devils, at Gadara 112 — 115 

Raising of the daughter of Jairus 116 — 119 

Cure of a woman with an issue of blood 117, 118 

Cure of two blind men 119, 120 

Cure of a dumb man possessed with a devil 120 

Feeding of five thousand men with five loaves and 

two fishes 129, 131 

Jesus walking on the sea 131 — 133 

Cure of the Syrophenician's daughter, possessed with 

a devil 141, 142 

Cure of a deaf and dumb man 143, 144 

Feeding of four thousand men with seven loaves and 

a few fishes 144 

Cure of a blind man at Bethsaida 147 

Transfiguration of Jesus 149 — 152 

Cure of a lunatic child, possessed with a devil which 

the disciples could not cast out 153 — 155 

Catching a fish with money in its mouth 156 

Cure of a man born blind 174 — 177 

Cure of an infirm woman 184, 185 

Cure of a man who had the dropsy 187, 188 

Cure often lepers 200, 201 

Raising of Lazarus 212 — 215 

Cure of blind Bartinueus 219, 220 

Cure of two blind men, near Jericho 223 

Withering of the fig tree 234, 235 



PARABLES SPOKEN BY JESUS . 

Living water 36, 37, 167 

The salt and its savour 49, 191 

The candle under a bushel 49, 90, 105 

The mote and the beam in the eye 57, 76 

The strait gate 58, 186 



336 r ARABLES SPOKEN BY JESUS. 

Page 

The tree and its fruit 58, 59, 77, 88 

The house on a rock, and the house on the sand. . 59, 77, 78 

The children of the bridechamber 64, 116 

The old garment 64, 116 

The old bottles 64, 116 

The blind leading the blind 76 

The creditor and two debtors 85 

The strong man armed 87, 88 

The rich man whose ground brought forth plentifully 95, 96 

The watchful servants 97, 98 

The watchful housekeeper 98 

The faithful steward 98 

The unfaithful servant 98, 99 

The cloud in the west, and the south wind 100 

The barren fig tree 101 

The sower 101—105 

Seed-sowing and harvest 105 

The good seed and the tares 106 — 108 

The mustard seed 106, 107, 185, 186 

The leaven 107, 146, 186 

The hidden treasure 108 

The goodly pearl 108 

The fishing-net 108,109 

The householder 109 

The bread of life 134, 137 

The mouth and the heart 140, 141 

The lost sheep 159,191,192 

The unmerciful servant 160, 161 

The good shepherd 177—179 

The good Samaritan 181, 182 

The importunate beggar 183, 184 

The closed door 186, 187 

The marriage feast 188, 189, 240, 241 

The great supper 189, 190 

The prudent builder 190, 191 

The cautious warrior 191 

The lost piece of silver 192 

The prodigal son 192—194 

The unjust steward 194—196 



PARABLES SPOKEN BY .JESUS. 337 

Page. 

The rich, man and Lazarus 197, 198 

The dutiful servant 199 

The unjust judge 203 

The pharisee and the publican 203, 204 

The labourers in the vineyard 210 — 212 

The nobleman and ten servants 221 — 223 

The two sons 237, 238 

The vineyard and cruel husbandmen 238, 239 

The marriage feast and wedding garment 240, 241 

The fig tree before summer 256 

The ten virgins 259, 260 

The talents 260—262 

The sheep and the goats 262 

The true vine and the branches 277 

The woman in travail 282 



DISCOURSES AND ADDRESSES DELIVERED BY JESUS. 

Conversation with Xathanael, of Cana 29, 30 

Conversation with the Jews in the temple 31, 32 

Conversation with Xicodemus, by night, at Jerusalem 32 — 34 
Conversation with the Samaritan woman, and after- 
wards with the disciples, at Jacob's well 36 — 39 

Discourse in the synagogue at Nazareth 42, 43 

Sermon on the mount 48 — 59 

Conversation with the scribes and pharisees, and with 

the disciples of John, at Matthew's house .... 63, 64 
Address to the Jews at Jerusalem, after the cure of 

an infirm man at the pool of Bethesda 66 — 69 

Conversation with the pharisees, after the disciples 
had plucked the corn on the sabbath day ; and 

after healing the man with the withered hand . . 70 — 72 
Address to the disciples, after choosing the twelve 

apostles 74 — 78 

Conversation with the messengers of John . . 80, 81 

Address to the people respecting John 81 — 83 

Address to the impenitent cities 83, 84 

Conversation with Simon the pharisee, concerning 

the woman who anointed the feet of Jesus .... 84, 85 

v v 



338 DISCOURSES AND ADDRESSES DELIVERED BY JESUS, 

Page, 

Address to the scribes and pharisees who accused 

Jesus of casting out devils by Beelzebub 87 — 89 

Address to the scribes and pharisees who sought a 

sign from heaven 89 — 91 

Conversation respecting the mother and brethren of 

Jesus 91, 92 

Address to the pharisees who marvelled that Jesus 

did not wash before dinner 92 

Address to the lawyers on the same occasion 92, 93 

Address to the disciples concerning hypocrisy, the 
fear of man, the influence of the Holy Ghost, 
covetousness, trust in God, and watchfulness . . 94 — 99 

Address to the people who did not discern the times, 
and to those who informed Jesus of Pilate's 
cruelty to certain Galilseans 100, 101 

Address to the multitude on the seashore, in parables ; 

and explanation of the parables to the disciples 101 — 109 

Address to the reluctant followers of Jesus 110, 111 

Conversation with the pharisees, concerning eating 
with sinners ; — and with the disciples of John, 
respecting fasting 115, 116 

Address to the twelve apostles, previously to their 

mission 121 — 125 

Discourse in the synagogue at Capernaum, after the 

miraculous feeding of five thousand men 134 — 138 

Address to the pharisees and scribes respecting tra- 
ditions ; and to the people concerning defilement 139 — 141 

Conversation with the pharisees and sadducees, in 
Dalmanutha and Magdala, who sought a sign 
from heaven . 145 

Address to the disciples respecting the leaven of the 

pharisees and sadducees 146 

Conversation with the disciples respecting the Divi- 
nity of Jesus 147, 148 

Prediction to the disciples of the death and resurrec- 
tion of Jesus 148, 156, 217 

Address to the disciples and the people respecting 

selfdenial and fidelity 149 



DISCOURSES AND ADDRESSES DELIVERED ET JESUS, 339 



Page. 

Conversation with the disciples after the transfigura- 
tion of Jesus 151,152 

Conversation with the disciples concerning their 

inability to cure the lunatic child 154, 155 

Conversation with Peter respecting the payment of 

tribute 156 

Address to the disciples, inculcating humility, self- 
denial, brotherly love, forgiveness of trespasses, 
and united prayer 157 — 162 

Address to the seventy disciples, previously to their 

mission 162, 163 

Conversation with the brethren of J esus, before the 

feast of tabernacles 163, 164 

Discourses in the Temple, at the feast of Tabernacles 165 — 174 

Conversation with the man who was born blind .... 177 

Address to the pharisees, after opening the eyes of 

the man who was born blind 177 — 179 

Address to the seventy disciples, and thanksgiving, 

on their return 180, 181 

Conversation with a lawyer, pretending to seek eter- 
nal life 181, 182 

Conversation with Martha 183 

Instructions to the disciples how to pray, and en- 
couragement to importunity 1 S3, 184 

Address to the ruler, after the cure of an infirm 

woman on the sabbath day 185 

Address to one who inquired if few are saved 186, 187 

Address to the pharisees who told Jesus that Herod 

would kill him 187 

Address to the disciples concerning forgiveness 

and faith 198, 199 

Conversation with James and John respecting the 

Samaritans 200 

Address to the pharisees and to the disciples, relative 
to the coming of the kingdom of God, and of the 
Son of man 201,202 

Discourse in the temple at the feast of dedication . . 204, 205 

Conversation with the pharisees, and with the dis- 
ciples, respecting divorce * • 206, 20" 



340 DISCOURSES AND ADDRESSES DELIVERED BY JESUS. 

Page. 

Address to the disciples concerning little children . . 207, 208 
Conversation with a rich young ruler ; and with the 

disciples concerning riches 208 — 210 

Conversation with the disciples, and with Martha 

and Mary, respecting the death of Lazarus .... 212 — 215 
Conversation with Salome, and with James and John 

who desired to sit on the right and left hand of 

Jesus in glory 218, 219 

Conversation with Zaccha?us 220, 221 

Address to the disciples when they murmured at 

Mary's anointing Jesus 224, 225 

Lamentation over Jerusalem 228, 229, 250 

Discourses in the temple before the last passover . . 

230—235 236—250 
Address to the disciples who observed the withered 

fig tree, concerning faith and prayer 235, 236 

Address to the disciples, on the Mount of Olives, 

concerning the destruction of Jerusalem, the 

coming of the Son of man, and the end of the 

world 251—263 

Conversation with the disciples before the last passover 266, 267 
Addresses to the disciples at the passover and Lord's 

Supper 267—283 

Prayer at the conclusion of the Lord's supper ....... 283 — 286 

Address to the disciples on the way to Gethsemane 286, 287 
Conversation with the disciples in the garden of 

Gethsemane 287, 288, 290, 291 

Conversation with Judas and his associates, in the 

garden of Gethsemane 289, 290 

Reply to Caiaphas, before the council 295, 296 

Reply to Pilate, in the hall of judgment 298, 303, 304 

Address to the women, on the way to Calvary .... 305, 306 
Prayer on the cross ; addresses to Mary, to John, 

and to the dying thief; — dying words of Jesus. . 306 — 310 
Conversation with Mary Magdalene, and with the 

other women, after the resurrection of Jesus . . 318, 319 
Conversation with two disciples on the road to Em- 

maus : 320—322 



DISCOURSES AND ADDRESSES DELIVERED BY JESUS. 3-il 

Page. 

Address to the disciples, in the evening of the same 

day 322, 323 

Conversation with Thomas on the next Lord's day. . 325 
Conversation with the disciples, and address to 

Peter on the seashore, in Galilee 326—328 

Address to the disciples, on a mountain in Galilee. . 328, 329 
Address to the disciples at Bethany, immediately 

before the ascension of Jesus 329, 330 



Sttlrex. 



MATTHEW. 



Chap. 


Verse. 


Page. 


Chap. 


Verse. 


Page. 


1. 


1 — 17 


1 9 


, lo. 


"VfTT. 
V 11* 


1—29 


57—60. 


)» 


18 — 25 




6, 7. 


TTTTT 
Vlll. 


1,2 


60. 


TT 
11 


1 — 23 


16- 


-19. 


ii 


3, see Mk. i. 




TTT 
111. 


1 — 3 




21. 


41, 42. 


ii 






22. 


ii 


4 


60. 


ii 


6 seeMk.i. 5. 






ii 


5—8 


78, 79. 


>> 


7 




22. 


ii 


9,seeLk.vii. £ 


>) 


8— lOseeLk. 






ii 


10—13 


79. 


iii. 8, 9. 






ii 


14, 15,seeMk. 




>> 


11, 12 




23. 




i. 29—31, and 




ii 


13—17 




24. 




Lk. iv. 38, 39. 




IV. 


1—4 




25. 


J) 


16,17 


47. 


>> 


5 




26. 


ii 


18—21 


110. 




6 see Lk. iv. 
10, 11. 






ii 


22, seeLk.ix. 
59, 60. 






7—9 


25 


26. 


ii 


23—26 


111. 


ii 


10seeLk.iv.8. 






27—29 


112. 


>> 


11 




26. 


ii 


30—32 


113. 


J> 


12 




36. 


ii 


33, 34 


114. 


>) 


13—16 




43. 


IX. 


1 


115. 


>» 


17 




42. 


ii 


2 


61. 


ii 


18 




43. 


ii 


3, see Mk. ii. 




>> 


19, 20seeMk. 






6, 7. 






i. 17, 18. 






)» 


4—6 


62. 


>> 


21 22 




44. 


>> 


7,seeLk.v.25. 






23—25 


47, 48. 


ii 


8 


62. 


V. 


1—48 


48- 


-53. 


ii 


9 


63. 


YI. 


1—34 


53- 


-57. 


a 


10—18 115, 116. 



INDEX. 



343 



MATTHEW 

Verse. Page. 

19— 21 .. 117. 
22—21 . . 118, 119. 
25 see Mk. v. 

40—12 
26—34 . . 119, 120. 
35 . . 86. 

36—38 . . 121. 
1,2 .. 73. 

3 . . 74. 

4 see Mk. iii. 

18, 19. 
5—9 . . 121, 122. 
10—14 . . 122, 

15— 42 . . 122, 125. 

1 . . 125. 

2 . . 80. 
3, 4, see Lk. 

vii. 19-22 
5,6 81. 
7seeLk.vii.24 
8 .. 81. 

9seeLk.Aii.26 

10 .. 81. 

11 .. 81,82. 

12— 15 . . 82. 

16— 19seeLk. 
vii. 31-35 

20— 30 . . 83, 84. 

1 . . 69, 70. 

2 .. 70. 
3seeMk.ii.25 

4—7 . . 70. 
8—12 71. 

13— 15 . . 72. 
16 see Mk.iii. 

12. 

17— 21 . . 73. 
22—24 . . 86, 87. 
25—28 . . 87. 
29—37 . . 88, 89. 
38, 39 . . 89, 90. 
40 .. 90. 
41seeLk.ix.32 

42 .. 90. 



-CONTINUED. 
Chap. Verse. Page. 
XII. 43—45 . . 89. 
46—50 . . 91, 92, 
XIII. 1,2 101. 
,, 3 — 7seeMk. 

iv. 2—8. 



» 


8 


102. 


a 


9seeLk.yiii.8. 


a 


10—12 


102. 


n 


13—15 


. . 102, 103. 




16—18 


103. 


3i 


19—23 


104. 




24—32 


. 106-109. 


>» 


33—35 


107. 


j> 


36—53 


. . 107-109. 


j> 


54—56 


120. 


>> 


57, 58 seeMk. 




vi. 3- 


-6. 


XIY. 


1, 2 


125. 




3 


126. 


>> 


4 see Mk. 


vi. 



18. 

5 .. 126. 

,,6 .. 127. 

,, 7seeMk. vi. 

22, 23. 
8—10 .. 127. 
,, 11 seeMk. vi. 

28. 

12, 13 . . 128. 
14 129. 
,, 15seeMk.vi. 

35, 36. 
16 129. 
,, 17seeLk.ix. 

13. 

18 130. 
„ 19,20, seeMk. 

vi. 39—43. 
21—24 .. 131, 
25—32 .. 132, 
33 .. 133. 

,, 34seeMk.vi. 

53. 

„ 35, 36 . . 133. 



344 



INDEX. 



MATTHEW— continued. 



Chap. 


Verse. Page. 


Chap. 


Verse. 


Page. 


XV. 


1, 2, seeMk. 




XVII. 


13 


152. 




yii. 1 — 5. 




ii 


14, 15 


153. 


ii 


3, 4 


139. 


ii 


16,17 


154. 


9i 


5 see Mk. vii. 




ii 


18 


155. 


11. 




ii 


19, seeMk. ix. 




a 


6, 7 


139. 




28. 




a 


8, 9 . . 139, 


140. 


)) 


20—22 . . 


155. 


a 


lOseeMk.vii. 




») 


23—27 . . 


156. 




14. 




XVIII. 1 


156. 


a 


11 


140. 




2—8 


157. 


a 


12—15 . . 140, 


111. 


>» 


9 


158. 


a 


16 see Mk. vii. 




,, 


10—35 158-161. 




18. 




XIX. 


1 


199. 


a 


17—21 


141. 


>> 


2 


205. 




22 . . 141, 


142. 


)> 


3—8 


206. 


a 


23—25 


142. 


it 


9—13 


207. 


a 


26 see Mk. vii. 




ti 


14, seeMk. x. 






27. 




14. 




a 


27, 28 


142 


5> 


15—20 . . 


208 ; 


a 


29, 30 


143 


ii 


21, 22 


209. 


>> 


31 . . 143, 


144. 


»> 


23, 24, seeMk. 




a 


32 see Mk. 




x. 23—25. 






viii. 1—3. 




ii 


25 


209. 


>> 


33 


144. 


ii 


26, see Mk. x. 




>> 


34-36 see Mk. 






27. 






viii. 5 — 7. 




ii 


27 


209. 


»> 


37, 38 


144. 


ii 


28, 29 


210. 




39 . . 144, 


145. 


ii 


30, see Mk. x. 




XVI. 


1—5 


145. 




31. 




ii 


6—8 


146. 


XX. 


1—15 . . 210-212. 


>J 


9, lOseeMk. 




ii 


17—19 . . 


217. 




viii. 17—20. 




ii 


20—24 . . 


218. 


J> 


11, 12 


146. 




25—28, see 




>> 


13—20 . . 


147. 




Mk. x. 42-45. 






21,22 


148. 




29—34 . . 


223. 


ii 


23 . . 148, 149. 


XXI. 


1—5 


226. 


>> 


24-26 seeMk. 




ii 


6—9 


227. 




viii. 34—37. 




ii 


10,11 


229. 




27, 28 


149. 




12—15 . . 


230. 


XVII. 


1 . . 149, 150. 




16 230, 231. 


>» 


2—4 


150. 


ii 


17—19 . . 


234. 


ii 


5, 6 . . 150, 151. 


ii 


20, 21 


235. 


>» 


7—11 


151. 


ii 


22—25 . . 


236. 


J> 


12 .. 151, 


152. 


ii 


26 


237. 



INDEX. 345 



MATTHEW — continued. 



Chap. 


Verse. Page. 


Chap. 


Terse. Pasre. 


XXI. 


27, seeMk.xi. 




XXIY 


24 


255. 




33. 




>> 


25 see Mk. 




J J 


28—33 .. 237, 


238. 




xiii. 23. 






34—36 . . 


238. 


jj 


26—29 . . 


255. 


JJ 


37, seeMk.xii. 




J J 


30—33 . . 


256. 




6. 




JJ 


34—39 . . 


257. 


JJ 

J J 


38—45 . . 


239. 


J J 


40 . . 257, 


258. 


46 


240. 


J J 


41 


258. 


XXII. 


1—15 . . 240, 241. 




42—51 . . 258, 


259. 


JJ 


16 . . 241, 


242. 


XXV. 


1—46 .. 259-263. 


JJ 


17—19 


242. 


XXYI. 1—5 


264. 


J J 


20, seeMk.xii. 




j> 


6 see Mk.xiv. 






16. 






3. 




5) 


21—24 . . 


242. 


j» 


7 


225. 


JJ 


25, 26 


243. 


j j 


8 


224. 


J) 


27-29, see Mk. 




jj 


9 see Mk.xiv. 






xii. 22—24. 






5. 




59 


30,31 


243. 


jj 


10 


225. 


JJ 


32—36 . . 


244. 


j j 


11 seeMk.xiv. 




JJ 


37, seeMk.xii. 






7. 






29, 30. 




jj 


12 


225. 


JJ 


38, 39 


244. 


j j 


13 seeMk.xiv. 




JJ 


40—43 . . 


245. 




9. 




JJ 


44, seeMk.xii. 




jj 


14seeLk.xxii. 






36. 






3, 4. 




5 J 


45, 46 . . 245, 246. 


j j 


15 


264. 


XXIII. 1—39 . . 246-250. 


j j 


16 


265. 


XXIY. 1—3 


251. 


j j 


17,18 


266. 


jj 


4, 5 see Mk. 






19 seeMk.xiv. 




xiii. 5, 6. 






16. 




J J 
JJ 


6 . . 251, 


252'. 


j j 


20 


267. 


7seeLk. xxi. 




j j 


21 seeMk.xiv. 






10, 11. 






18. 




JJ 


8—12 


252. 




22, 23 


270. 


13 see Mk. 




jj 


24 seeMk.xiv. 






xiii. 13. 






21. 




JJ 


14 


253. 




25 . . 270, 271. 


JJ 


15 . . 253, 


254. 




26 


273. 


JJ 


16 


254. 


j j 


27—29 . . 


2*7. 


JJ 


17, 18 see Mk. 






30—33 . . 


286. 




xiii. 15, 16. 




jj 


34 see Mk.xiv. 




JJ 


19—21 . . 


254. 




30. 




J J 


22, 23 see Mk. 




jj 


35—39 


287. 




xiii. 20, 21. 




jj 


40—42 . . 


288. 



w w 



346 



INDEX. 



MATTHEW— continued. 



Char). 


Verse. 


Pa 




Chap. 


Verse. 




Page. 


XXVI. 43seeMk.xiv. 




XXVII.24— 29 




302. 






40. 




„ 


30 




303. 


„ 


44-46 




288. 


>> 


31 




304. 




47—49 




289. 


»> 


32 




305. 


>> 


50 


289, 290. 


>> 


33seeMk 


XV. 




5> 


51, 52 




290. 






22. 




J> 


53—56 




291. 


»» 


34 




306. 


>» 


57, 58 




292. 


>» 


35—37 




307. 


>> 


59—62 




295. 


*> 


38 




306. 




63—67 




2'»6. 


»> 


39—44 




308. 


)> 


68 




297. 


>> 


45, 46 




309. 




69seeMk. 


jriv. 




>> 


47, seeMk 


XV. 






66, 


67. 






34, 


35. 






70—72 




293. 


»» 


48—54 




310. 




73—75 




294. 


»> 


55, 56 




311. 


XXVII. 1, 2 




297. 


it 


57 




312. 


>> 


3—10 


. 304, 


305. 


>> 


58 


. 312, 313. 


j > 


11 




298. 


a 


59—61 




313. 




12 


'. 298, 


299. 




62—66 




314. 


>> 


13, 14 




299. 


XXVIII. 1—4 




315. 


»> 


15, 16 




300. 


»> 


5—7 




316. 




17 




301. 


5> 


8 




317. 




ISseeMk. 


XY. 




>> 


9—15 


. 319,320. 






10. 




>» 


16 


.325 & 328. 




19 




300. 


>> 


17—20 


. 328,329. 




20 -23 . 




301. 
















MARK. 








Chap. 


Verse. 


Page. 


Chap. 


Verse. 




Pas:e. 


I. 


1, 2 




21. 


I. 


17—19 




43, 44. 


>» 
)» 


3, seeLk.iii.4. 




»> 


20 




44. 


4 




21. 


a 


21, 22 




45. 




5 




22. 


)> 


23-25, see Lk. 




>> 


6, seeMt.iii.4. 






iv. 33— 


-35. 






7, 8 




23. 


>) 


26—32 . 




46. 


>> 


9 




24. 


tf 


33 




47. 


»» 


10, see Mt. iii. 




>> 


34, seeLk. 


iv. 








16. 






40, 


41. 






11 ■ 




24. 


j> 


35—38 . 




47. 


>5 


12, 13 




25. 


»> 


39, see Mt. 


iv. 




»5 


14, 15 




40. 




23, 


24. 




»> 


16, seeMt. iv. 






40—45 . 




60. 






18. 




II. 


1—4 




61. 



INDEX. 



347 



MARK — CONTINUED. 



Chap. 


Verse. 


Page. 


Chap. 


Verse. 




Page. 


II. 


5 


61, 62. 


IV. 


19, 20 




104. 


>> 


6—12 


62. 


n 


21 




105. 


}» 


13—17 . . 


63. 


,, 


22, seeLk.yiii. 




„ 


18 


63, 64. 






17. 






19—21 . . 


64. 


>» 


23, 24 




105. 


' 


22, seeLk. v. 




j> 


25, seeLk. 


viii. 






37, 38. 








IS. 




>> 


23 


69, 70. 


a 


26 — 29 




105. 


a 


24—26 . . 


70. 


>> 


30 




106. 


» » 


27—28 . . 


71. 


,, 


31—34 




107. 


m. 


1, 2 


71 




35 




110. 




3, see Lk.vi.8. 






36 — 38 




111. 




4 


71. 


19 


39 


. . Ill, 


112. 




o— 10 


72. 


If 


40 




111. 


**. 


11 


72, 73. 


„ 


41 




112. 


11 


12—15 . . 


73. 


V. 


1—3 




112. 


J> 


16 


73, 74. 


>» 


4 


n2, 


113. 


}> 


17,18 


74. 


i» 


5, 6 




112. 


>> 


19 


74, 86. 


ii 
„ 


7—10 




113. 


II 


20,21 


86. 


ll,see}It. 


viii. 




>> 


22—24 . . 


87. 






30. 




>> 


25, seeMt.xii. 




ii 


12, 13 




113. 




25. 




ii 


14— IS 




114. 


J> 


26 


87. 


,, 


19 


, . 114, 


115. 


>> 


27—30 . . 


88. 


ii 


20, 21 




115. 


} i 


31, 32 


91. 


„ 


22, 23 




116. 


„ 


33, seeMt.xii. 




11 


24 — 27 




117. 




48. 




" 


28, see Mt 


. ix. 




„ 


34 


91. 






21. 






35 


92. 




29—31 




117. 


IV. 


1—3 


101. 


II 


32 


117, 


US. 


PI 


4 . . 101, 102. 


ii 


33—39 




118. 


11 


5—8 


102. 


a 


40—43 




119. 


,, 


9, see Lk. viii. 




VI. 


1 — 3 




120. 




8. 




a 


4 


\ \ 120 


121. 


J 1 


10 


103. 


„ 


5—7 




121. 


11 


11 


102. 




8— 11 




122. 


J) 


12, 13 


103. 


,> 


.12, 13 




125. 




14, 15 


104. 




14 


! ! 125 


126. 




16, seeMt.xiii. 




ii 


15—20 




126. 




20. 




n 


21—27 




127. 




17 


104. 


a 


28, 29 


\\ 127 


, 128. 




18,seeMt.xiii. 






30—33 




128. 




22, 




! 


34—37 




129, 



348 






INDEX. 








MARK — CONTINUED. 


Chap. 


Verse. 


Page. 


Chap. 


Verse. Page. 


VI. 


38 


. . 129 


130. 


IX. 


6 . . 150. 


11 


39—42 




130. 


11 


7, see Mt.xvii. 


11 


43—45 




131. 




5. 


11 


46, seeMt.xiv. 




}» 


8 .. 151. 






23. 




>> 


9, seeMt.xvii. 


11 


47, 48 




131. 




9. 


11 


49—51 




132. 


»> 


10 .. 151. 


11 


52 


. . 132, 133. 


5J 


11, see Mt. 


>> 


53—55 




133. 




xvii. 10. 


11 


56 




138. 


)> 


12 151. 


VII. 


1,2 




138. 


>» 


13 . . 151, 152. 


>> 


3 


138 


139. 


if 


14—17 . . 153. 


>? 


4—6 




139. 


5J 


18 .. 154. 


>> 


7, seeMt.xv.9. 




>> 


19, see Mt. 


11 


8, 9 




140. 




xvii. 17. 


>> 


10—13 




139. 


)> 


20—27 . . 154, 155. 


>> 


14—17 




140. 


>> 


28—30 . . 155. 


>) 


18—24 




141. 


>> 


31 . . 155, 156. 


>> 


25 


hi, 


142. 


»5 


32, see Lk. ix. 


11 


26—31 




142. 




45. 


32—37 


143, 


144. 


>> 


33—37 . . 157. 


VIII. 


1—3 




144. 


J> 


38—41 . . 161, 162. 


>» 


4,seeMt.xy.33. 




J) 


42, see Mt. 


>> 


5—8 




144. 




xviii. 6. 


J> 


9, see Mt. xv. 






43—50 . . 158. 


38, 


39. 




X. 


1 .. 199,205. 


11 


10—13 


. . 144, 


145. 


11 


2,seeMt.xix.3 


>> 


14 


. . 145, 


146. 


11 


3—6 . . 206. 


>> 


15 




146. 


11 


7—9, see Mt. 


>> 


16, seeMt.xvi. 




xix. 5 — 6. 






7. 




11 
11 


10, 11 .. 206, 207. 


»> 


17—21 




146. 


12, 13 . . 207. 


11 


22—27 




147. 


11 


14, 15 . . 207, 208. 


»» 


28, seeMt.xvi. 




11 


16—20 . . 208. 


13, 


14. 




11 


21 . . 208, 209. 


>> 


29 




147. 


11 


22—27 . . 209. 


J> 


30, seeMt.xvi. 




11 


28, seeMt.xix. 




20. 




27. 


>> 

11 


31—33 




148. 


11 


29—31 . . 210. 


34—38 




149. 


11 


32, 33 . . 217. 


IX. 


1 




149. 


11 


34, see Lk. 


>> 


2—4 




150. 




xviii. 32, 33. 


>) 


5, seeMt.xvii. 




11 


35—40 . . 218. 






4. 




11 


41—46 . . 218, 219. 



INDEX , 



349 



MARK — CONTINUED. 



Cliap. 


Verse. Page. 


Chap. 


Verse. Page. 


X. 


47 


219. 


XII. 


41—43 . . 


250. 


it 


4S, 49 . . 219, 


220. 


„ 


44seeLk.xxi.4. 




,, 


50—52 . . 


220. 


XIII. 


1—7 


251. 


XI. 


1, 2 


226. 


it 


8, 9 


2-52. 


ii 


3—6 


227. 


Ii 


10 


253. 


it 


7, 8, see Mt. 




ft 


11 , . 252, 


253. 




xxi. 7, 8. 




it 


12, 13 


253. 


ii 


9 


227. 


ii 


14 . . 253, 


254. 


ff 


10 


228. 


ii 


15, 16 


254. 


a 


11 .. 229-234. 


ii 


17, 18 seeMt. 




a 


12—16 


234. 




xxiv. 19, 20. 




a 


17—19 . . 234, 


235. 


Ii 


19 


254. 


a 


20—23 


235. 


ti 


20—24 . . 


255. 


n 


24—28 


236. 


ti 


25, 26 see Mt. 




a 


29, see Mt. 






xxiv. 29, 30. 




xxi. 24. 




II 


27 


256. 


ff 


30 


237. 


It 


28— 31 see Mt. 




a 


31seeMk.xxi. 




xxiv. 32—35. 






25. 




II 


32—37 . . 


257. 


n 


32, 33 


237. 


XIV. 


1, 2 see Matt, 




XII. 


1 . . 237, 


238. 




xx yL 1 — 5. 




ii 


2—5 


238. 


II 


3,4 


224. 


ii 


6 . . 238 


239. 


II 


5 . . 224, 


225. 


ff 


7 


239. 


II 


6 see Mt. xxvi. 




ff 


8—11 see Mt. 






10. 




xxi. 39—42. 




,, 


7—9 


225. 


,, 


12 


240. 


ft 


10 see Luke 




ft 


13seeLk.xx.20. 






xxii. 3, 4. 




ft 


14 


241. 


tt 


11 


265. 


ii 


15—17 


242. 


it 


12,13 


266. 


It 


ISseeMt.xxii. 




ii 


14—16 . . 266, 267. 




23. 




ii 


17 see Matt. 




it 


19 


242 




xx vi. 20. 




it 


20seeMt.xxii. 




it 

„ 


18,21 


270. 




25. 




22 see Matt. 




ft 


21—24 . . 


243. 




xxvi. 26. 




It 


25seeLk. xx. 




ii 


23 . . 276, 277. 




35, 36. 




ii 


24, 25 


277. 


ii 


26, 27 . . 243, 244. 


ii 


26— 29seeMt, 




ti 


28—31 . . 


244. 




xxvi. 30—33. 




it 


32—37 . . 


245. 


It 


30, 31 . . 286 


, 287. 


ii 


38 


246. 


ti 


32, 33 


287. 


ft 


39, 40 see Lk. 
xx. 46, 47 = 




ii 


34 see Matt, 
xxvi. 38. 





350 



INDEX. 



MARK CONTINUED . 



Chap. 


Yerse. 


Page. 


Chap. 


Yerse. 


Page. 


XIV. 


35, 36 




287. 


XV. 


17 see Matt. 


ff 


37 




288. 




xxvii. 28, 29. 


a 


38, 39 see Mt. 






>> 


18, 19 


303. 




xxyi. 41, 42. 






,, 


20 


304. 


a 
a 


40—42 . . 




288. 


ii 


21 


305. 


43—45 . . 




289. 


ii 


22, 23 


306. 


a 


46— 50see Mt. 






„ 


24 see Jn. xix. 


xx vi. 50 — 56. 








23, 


24. 


a 


51,52 




291. 


»» 


25 


306. 


a 


53 




294. 


i y 


26 


307. 


a 


54, 55 see Mt. 






ff 


27, 28 


306. 




xxyi. 58—60. 






> i 


29, 30 


308. 


a 


56—60 . . 




295. 


>> 


31 see Matt. 


a 


61 . . 295, 


296. 




xxvii. 41, 


42. 


j» 


62 




296. 


j> 


32 


308. 


>» 


63 see Matt. 






J» 


33—35 


309. 


xxvi. 65. 






>> 


36 


310. 


a 


64 




296. 


>> 


37, 33 see Mt. 


i > 


65 . . 296, 297. 




xxvii. 50, 


51. 


>> 
?> 


66—69 . . 




293. 


>> 


39 


. . 310, 311. 


70—72 . . 




294. 


>> 


40, 41 


311. 


XV. 


1 




297. 


a 


42—46 


312. 


ii 


2 see Matt. 








47 


313. 


xxvii. 11. 






XVI. 


1, 2 


315. 


>> 


3—5 




299. 


ff 


3 


. . 315, 316. 


>> 


6 




300. 


ff 


4—7 


316. 


>» 


7, 8 . . 300, 


301. 


ff 


8 


. . 316, 317. 


ii 


9 see Jn. xviii. 






>> 


9—11 


319. 




39. 






11 


12 


320. 


>» 


10—12 . . 




301. 




13 


323. 


»» 


13 see Luke 






ff 


14 


324. 




xxiii. 29. 








15—19 


. . 329, 330. 


>> 


14—16 . . 




302. 


it 


20 


330. 








LUKE. 






Chap. 


Yerse. 


Page. 


Chap. 


Yerse. 


Page. 


I. 


1—38 




1—6. 


III. 


17, 18 


. . 23, 24. 


a 


39—79 . . 


7- 


-10. 


a 


19, 20 


36. 


> j 


80. 




21. 




21, 22 


24. 


II. 


1—39 


10 


-16. 


a 


23 


.. 13 & 24. 




40—50 . . 


19- 


-21. 




24—38 


. . 13—15. 


III. 


1—6 


21 


, 22. 


IV. 


1, 2 


25. 


a 


7—16 


22 


, 23, 


if 


3seeMt. iv. 3. 



INDEX. 



351 



Chap. 

IV. 



LUKE CONTINUED . 



V. 



VII. 



Terse. 


Page. 


Chap. 


Verse. 


Tage. 


4 


25. 


VII. 


36—50 


. . 84 


—86. 


5 — 13 


26. 


Till. 


1—3 




86. 


14 


40. 




4, 5 




101. 


15— 30 


41—43. 


>> 


6—8 




102. 


31 


43. 




9 




103. 


32 


45. 


» 


lOseeMt.xiii. 




33 — 35 


45, 46. 




11— 


-13. 




36—40 


46. 


yy 


11 


. .103, 


104, 


41 — 43 


47- 


yy 


12—14 




104. 


44 see Mt. iv. 




yy 


15 


. .104, 105. 


23. 




yy 


16—18 




105. 


1—11 


14, 45. 


yy 


19—21 




91. 


12 


60. 


yy 


22 


. .110, 111. 


13, HseeMk. 




yy 


23—25 




111. 


i. 41—44. 




yy 


26, 27 




112. 


15, 16 


60, 61. 


a 


28 


; 112, 


113. 


17—20 


61. 


a 


29—33 




113. 


21,22 


62. 


yy 


34—38 




114. 


23, 24seeMk. 




yy 


39, 40 




115. 


ii. 9—11. 




a 


41 




116. 


25, 26 


62. 


» 


42 


. 116, 117. 


27—31 


63. 


yy 


43 




117. 


32seeMk.ii.l7. 




a 


44, see Mk 


. v. 




33, 34 


64. 




27— 


29. 




35seeMk.ii.20. 




yy 


45, 46 




117. 


36—39 


64. 


yy 


47—50 . 




118. 


1 


69, 70. 


yy 


51, see Mk 


. v. 




2—4 


70. 




37— 


40. 




5 see Mk. ii. 




yy 


52 




118. 


27, 28. 




yy 


53 




119. 


6 — 9 


71. 


>* 


54, seeMk 


. v. 




10, 11 


72, 




40, 


41. 




12 — 14 


73. 


„ 


55, 56 




119. 


15, 16 


74. 


IX. 


1,2 




121. 


17 — 19 


74—78. 


yy 


3 




122. 


1—6 


78. 


yy 


4seeMk.yi. 


10. 




7 


78, 79. 


a 


5 




122, 




79. 




6 




125. 


10—18 


79, 80. 


a 


7—9 




126. 


19—22 


80, 81. 


yy 


10, 11 




128. 


23seeMt.xi.6. 


a 


12 




129. 


24—27 


81. 


13—15 . 




130. 


28 


82. 


n 


16, 17,seeMk. 




29—35 


82, 83. 




vi. 41— 


43. 





352 



LUKE — CONTINUED. 



Chap. 


Verse. 


Page. 


Chap. 


Verse. 


Page. 


IX. 


18, 19 


147. 


XI. 


30—35 




90. 


11 


20, see Mt. 




99 


36 


. . 90 


, 91. 




xvi. 15, 16. 




99 

XII. 


37—54 


. . 92- 


-94. 


11 


21, 22 


148. 


1 — 59 


.. 94- 


-100. 


11 


23 


149. 


XIII. 


1—9 


.. 100, 


101. 


11 


24, see Mk. 




xiv. 


10 — 35 


. . 184- 


-187. 




viii. 35. 




1—35 


..187- 


-191. 


99 


25, 26 


149. 


XV. 


1—32 


. .191- 


-194. 


99 


27, seeMt. 




XVI. 


1—31 


. .194- 


-198. 




xvi. 28. 




XVII. 


1—10 


. . 198, 199. 


99 


28 


149. 


99 


11 


.. 199, 


200. 


99 


29—35 . . 


150. 


12—37 


. . 200- 


-202. 


99 


36 


151. 


XVI1I.1— 14 


. .202- 


-204. 


99 


37, 38 


153. 


11 


15seeMt.xix. 




99 


39—43 . . 


154. 






13. 




99 


44, 45 


156. 




16 




207. 


99 


46—48 . . 


157. 


99 
11 


17, 18 




208. 


99 


49, 50 .. 161, 162. 


19—21 


see 




99 


51 


199. 


Mk. x. 18— 


-20. 




99 


52—56 . . 


200. 


ii 


22 




208. 


99 


57 


110. 


ii 


23, 24 




209. 


99 


58, see Mt. 




ii 


25— 27seeMk. 






viii. 20. 




x. 25 


—27. 




11 


59—62 . . 110, 111. 


ii 


28seeMt.xix. 




X. 


1—16 . . 162, 163. 






27. 




99 


17—42 .. 180-183. 


ii 


29 




210. 


XI. 


1—13 . . 183, 184. 


ii 
ii 


30seeMk.x.30. 




„ 


14 


86. 


31—33 




217. 


99 


15, see Mt.xii. 




ii 


34 




218. 




24. 




ii 


35—37 




219. 


9.9 


16 


87. 


ii 


38 see Mk. x. 




,1 


17, see Mt.xii. 








47. 






25. 




ii 


39 




219. 


,, 


18 


87.' 




40—43 




220. 


,, 


19, seeMt.xii. 




xix. 


1 




219. 




27. 




ii 


2—28 


.'.220- 


-223. 


99 


20, 21 


87. 


ii 


29—31 




226. 




22 


87, 88. 


ii 


32—37 




227. 




23, seeMt.xii. 


ii 


38—42 




228. 




30. 




ii 


43 


228, 


229. 




24-26, see Mt. 




ii 


44 




229. 




xii. 43— 45 T 




ii 


45 




230. 




27, 28 


91. 


ii 


46seeMt. xxi. 






29 


89. 




13, 





IXDEX, 



353 



LUKE— continued . 



Chap. 


Verse. Pa 


se. 


Chat). 


Terse. 


Page. 


XIX. 


47, 48 


^235. 


XXI. 


5—9 


251, 


XX 


1, 2 


236. | 


,, 


10—13 . . 


252. 




3—5, see Mt. 




ff 


14—20 . . 


253. 




xTiii. 24, 25. 




ff 


21—23 . . 


254. 




6, 7 


237. 


,, 


24 . . 254, 255. 




8, see Mk. xi. 




,, 


25 


255. 




33. 




,, 


26 


256. 




9 


23S. 


u 


27, see Mt. 




J} 


10,seeMk.xii. 






xxiv. 30. 






2, 3. 




tf 


28—31 . . 


256. 




11—13 .. 


238. 


,, 


32 


257. 




14 


239. 




33, see Mt. 






15,seeMt.xxi. 






xxiv. 35. 






39, 40. 




5» 


34—36 . . 


258. 




16,17 


239. 


J J 


37,38 


264. 




18,seeMt.xxi. 




XXII. 


1 — 1 


264. 




44. 




ff 


5, 6 


265. 




19 


240. 


ft 


7, see Mk.xiv. 






20,21 


241. 




12. 






22,23 


242. 


If 


8—11 


266. 




24, 25,seeMk. 




91 


12, 13,seeMk. 






xii. 15 — 17. 






xiv. 15, 16. 




J 


26, 27 


242. 


If 


14—18 . . 


267. 


J 


28, 29, seeMt. 




if 


19 


273. 




xxii. 24, 25. 




ff 


20 


276. 




30 


243. 


ff 


21 


272. 




31— 33,seeMk. 




ff 


22 


270. 




xii. 21—23. 






23 


271. 




34—36 . . 


243. 




24—30 . . 267, 268. 




37, see Mk. 




ff 


31—33 . . 


272. 




xii. 26. 




f f 


34—38 . . 2' 


'2, 273. 




38, 39 


244. 




39 


286. 


)? 


40, see Mt. 






40, 41 


287. 




xxii. 46. 






42—46 , . 287, 288. 




41, see Mk. 






47, 48 


289. 




xii. 35. 






49 


290. 


,, 


42 


245. 


ff 


50, see Mt. 






43, 44,seeMk. 






xx vi. 51. 






xii. 36, 37. 




ff 


51, 53 


291. 




45—47 . . 


246. 


ff 


54, 55 


292. 


XXI. 


1, 2 


250. 




56—58 . . 


293. 




3, see Mk. xii. 




ff 


59—61 . . 


294. 




43. 






62, see Mt. 






4 


250. 




xx vi. 75. 





X X 



354 



INDEX. 



LUKE — CONTINUED. 



Chap. 

XXII. 



XXIII, 



Verse. 
63—65 
66—68 
69—71 
1 
2 

3, see Mt. 
xxvii. 

4 

5—16 
17, see Mt 
xxvii. 

18 
19 

20—22 . 
23—25 . 
26 

27—33 . 

34 

35 

36, 37 

38 



Page. 
292. 
294. 
296. 
297. 
297, 298. 

11. 

298. 
. 299, 300. 

15. 

301. 

300. 

301. 

302. 

305. 
. 305, 306. 

306. 

308. 
. 307, 308. 

307. 



Chap. Verse. 
XXIII. 39—44 

45 

46 

47—49 
50—52 
,, 53 see Jn, 
40- 

54 

„ 55, 56 
XXIY. 1—8 
9 

10, 11 

12 

13, 14 

15—33 
34, 3£ 
„ 36—40 
41—43 
44—49 
50 

,, 51 — 53 



Page. 
309. 
. 309, 310. 
310. 
311. 
312. 

xix. 
-42. 

313. 
. . 313, 314. 

317. 
. . 317 & 320. 

320. 
..316&318. 

320. 
. .320—322. 
. . 322, 323. 

323. 
. . 323, 324. 

324. 

. . 329, 330. 
330, 



JOHN. 



Chap. 


Verse. 


Page. 


Chap. 


Verse. 


Page. 
..174—177. 


I. 


1—18 


1,2. 


IX. 


1—41 


>> 


19—51 


. . 26—30. 


X. 


1—21 


..177—179. 


II. 


1—25 


. . 30—32. 


JJ 


22—40 


. . 204, 205. 


III. 


1—36 


. . 32—36. 


JJ 


41 


. . 205, 205. 


IV. 


1—43 


. . 36—40. 


42 


206. 


J J 


44—54 


40, 41. 


XI. 


1-57 


. .212—217. 


V. 


1—47 


. . 65—69. 


XII. 


1—6 


224. 


VI. 


1—4 


128. 


J J 


7 


225. 


JJ 


5 — 7 


129. 


i ) 


8 see Mk. xiv. 


JJ 


8—13 


. . 130, 131. 






7. 


JJ 


14—18 


131. 




9—13 


. . 225, 22&. 


JJ 


19 


132. 


JJ 


14 seeLk.xix. 


JJ 


20 see Matt. 






35. 


xiv. 


27, 


JJ 


15, 16 


. . 226, 227. 


JJ 


21 


132. 


> J 


17—19 


228. 


JJ 


22—71 


. .133— 138. 


JJ 


20—35 


. . 231, 232. 


VII. 


1 


138. 


36 


. . 231, 234. 




2—53 


. .163— 168. 


JJ 


37—43 


231. 


viii. 


1—59 


. .168— 174. 


J J 


44—50 


. . 233, 234, 



INDEX. 



355 



JOHX CONTINUED. 



Chap. 


Verse . 


Pasre. 


Chap. 




erse. 


Pa-ze. 


XIII. 


1 


267. 


XIX. 


4— 


-16 


. . 303, 304. 




2—21 


_ 268—270. 




17 




. . 305, 306. 




22 


270. 




18 




306. 




23—37 


. . 271, 272. 




19- 


-24 


307. 




38 


272. 




25- 


_27 


. . 308, 309. 


xiv. 


1—30 


..273—276. 




28, 


29 


. . 309, 310. 




31 


.. 276. 277. 




30 




310. 


XV. 


1—27 


..277—279. 




31- 


-38 


. . 311, 312. 


XVI. 


1—33 


. .280— 2S3. 




39- 


-42 


313. 


XVII. 


1—26 


. .283— 286. 


XX. 


1 




315. 


XVIII. 1 


. . 286, 287. 




9 




316. 




2 


287. 




3 




316, 317. 




3 


289. 




4- 


-6 


. . 317, 318. 




4—11 


290. 




7 




318. 




12—14 


. . 291, 292. 




8- 


-17 


. . 318, 319. 




1.5—18 


292. 


»» 


18 




319. 




19—23 


.'. 29-5, 296. 




19 




322. 




24 


294. 


»> 


20- 


-23 


323. 




2-5—27 


293. 


>» 


24- 


-29 


. . 324, 325. 




28—32 


297. 


>> 


30, 


31 


. . 330, 331. 




33—38 


298. 


XXL 


1 




325. 




39, 40 


301. 


>> 


2— 


-24 


. .325— 32S. 


xi'x. 


1, 2 

3 


302. 
303. 


> > 


2-5 




331. 



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